Quotes by writer

"A civilization is built on what is required of men, not on that which is provided for them."

"My life is very monotonous," the fox said. "I hunt chickens; men hunt me. All the chickens are just alike, and all the men are just alike. And, in consequence, I am a little bored."

"No destiny attacks us from outside. But, within him, man bears his fate and there comes a moment when he knows himself vulnerable; and then, as in a vertigo, blunder upon blunder lures him."

"Cries of despair, misery, sobbing grief are a kind of wealth."

"If I were to command a general to turn into a seagull, and if the general did not obey, that would not be the general's fault. It would be mine."

"True happiness comes from the joy of deeds well done, the zest of creating things new."

"A goal without a pan is just a wish."

"I showed the grown ups my maasterpiece, andI asked them if my drawing scared them. They answered why be scared of a hat? My drawing was not a picture of a hat. It was a picture of a boa constrictor digesting an elephant."

"It is such a secret place, the land of tears."

"The meaning of things lies not in the things themselves, but in our attitude towards them in particular caused by what we compare it to: something worse and we feel grateful for what we have; something better and we feel somehow let down."