You only have power over people so long as you don't take everything away from them. But when you've robbed a man of everything he's no longer in your power -- he's free again.

Talent is always conscious of its own abundance, and does not object to sharing.

Violence can only be concealed by a lie, and the lie can only be maintained by violence.

Blow the dust off the clock. Your watches are behind the times. Throw open the heavy curtains which are so dear to you -- you do not even suspect that the day has already dawned outside.

Own only what you can carry with you; know language, know countries, know people. Let your memory be your travel bag.

Hastiness and superficiality are the psychic diseases of the twentieth century, and more than anywhere else this disease is reflected in the press.