Only what touches us closely preoccupies us. We prepare in solitude to face it. (The Little Book of Unsuspected Subversion)

«No adoptes esa idea errónea de que todo extranjero, porque exhibe su diferencia, es incapaz de ser solidario»

Men and the world are mutually toxic to each other.

Aphorisms are bad for novels. They stick in the reader's teeth.

An aphorism is true where it has fixed the impression of a genuine experience

The only way to read a book of aphorisms without being bored is to open it at random and, having found something that interests you, close the book and meditate.