Wisdom

The intellect, being a good servant but a bad master, according to its use or abuse, is an excellent guide, but it should never be a paramount authority.

Seek the truth from facts, not from authority.

Truth does not become more true by virtue of the fact that the entire world agrees with it.

Solitude is fine but you need someone to tell that solitude is fine.

Perfection is the child of time.

To have real power, one must possess something beyond oneself.

In matters of the heart, nothing is true except the improbable.

If you have knowledge, let others light their candles in it.

There is no better advice to a writer than to be willing to write on different subjects, in different languages, different genres and different modes of consciousness.

Literature is not a luxury. It's a necessity.

The only man who is really free is the one who can turn down an invitation to dinner without giving an excuse.

Writing is an occupation in which you have to keep proving your talent to people who have none.

Silence is exhilarating at first - as noise is - but there is a sweetness to silence outlasting exhilaration, akin to the sweetness of listening and the velvet of sleep.

A half-truth is usually less than half of that.

Success is counted sweetest by those who never succeed.

Definition of a pedestrian: someone who thoughtlessly puts one foot in front of the other.

An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all.

Worry is interest paid on trouble before it comes due.

The best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up.

I think it is more difficult to follow the crowd than to remain true to one's self.