Hurry is not of the devil; hurry is the devil.
Ideas are the roots of creation.
The happiness of most people is not ruined by great catastrophes or fatal errors, but by the repetition of slowly destructive little things.
Education is the methodical creation of the habit of thinking.
Reading, to most people, means an ashamed way of killing time disguised under a dignified name
Children have to be educated, but they have also to be left to educate themselves.
The object of reflection is invariably the discovery of something satisfying to the mind which was not there at the beginning of the search.
Crime is increasing, trigger happy policing. Panic is spreading, God knows where we're heading.
Humor is the foundation of reconciliation.
The novel is perhaps the highest art form because it so closely resembles life: it is about human relationships. It's technique, page by page, resembles our technique of living day by day-a way of relating.
I have such a dancer's spirit that I tend to leap around the house. Once I leaped onto my bed and landed on the floor. But I danced more for myself than I did for other people.