Quotes by writer

"The machine does not isolate man from the great problems of nature but plunges him more deeply into them."

"You become responsible for a long time for what you've tamed."

"She cast her fragrance and her radiance over me. I ought never to have run away from her... I ought to have guessed all the affection that lay behind her poor little stratagems. Flowers are so inconsistent! But I was too young to know how to love her."

"The one thing that matters is the effort. It continues, whereas the end to be attained is but an illusion of the climber, as he fares on and on from crest to crest; and once the goal is reached it has no meaning."

"If it is true that wars are won by believers, it is also true that peace treaties are sometimes signed by businessmen."

"One must observe the proper rites."

"Nothing can match the treasure of common memories."

"And at night I love to listen to the stars. It is like five hundred million little bells."

"It is much more difficult to judge oneself than to judge others."

"For, to conceited men, all other men are admirers."