“If one were to build the house of happiness, the largest space would be the waiting room.”

“If you are afraid of being lonely, don't try to be right.”

“It`s not how old you are, it`s how you are old.”

“Writing is the only profession where no one considers you ridiculous if you earn no money.”

“I don't know if God exists, but it would be better for His reputation if He didn't.”

“It is when we are faced with death that we turn most bookish.”

“Today I want to belong. I want to feel safe and at home. I want to be aware of what it is like simply to be, without defenses or desires. I will appreciate the flow of life for what it is-my own tr...”

“Nature reflects the moods of the wizard.”

“My calling ties me to no office, makes me no man's slave, compels me to no action which my soul condemns. It sets me free from town life, which I loathe; and allows me to breathe clean air, to exer...”

“There is no sadder symbol of the crippling poverty in which millions of peasants were forced to live than the image of a peasant and his son struggling to drag a plough through the mud.”