A mirror does not develop because an historical pageant passes in front of it. It only develops when it gets a fresh coat of quicksilver - in other words, when it acquires new sensitiveness; and the novel's success lies in its own sensitiveness, not in the success of its subject matter.

As long as learning is connected with earning, as long as certain jobs can only be reached through exams, so long must we take the examination system seriously…

If God could tell the story of the Universe, the Universe would become fictitious.

All invitations must proceed from heaven perhaps; perhaps it is futile for men to initiate their own unity, they do but widen the gulfs between them by the att…