Occupation: Novelist Birth: January 1, 1879 Death: June 7, 1970
One of the evils of money is that it tempts us to look at it rather than at the things that it buys..
Books have to be read it is the only way of discovering what they contain..
It's not what people do to you, but what they mean, that hurts..
Human relations are impossible. When they are real they are uncomfortable, and when they are comfortable they are unreal. It was for the journey into….
One grows accustomed to being praised, or being blamed, or being advised, but it is unusual to be understood..
You confuse what's important with what's impressive..
How can I know what I think till I see what I say?.
Life is a public performance on the violin, in which you must learn the instrument as you go along..
What is the good of your stars and trees, your sunrise and the wind, if they do not enter into our daily lives?.
I am sure that if the mothers of various nations could meet, there would be no more wars..
It isn't possible to love and part. You will wish that it was. You can transmute love, ignore it, muddle it, but you can never pull it out of you. I ….
One has two duties - to be worried and not to be worried..
When you come back you will not be you. And I may not be I..
One person with passion is better than forty people merely interested..
We cast a shadow on something wherever we stand, and it is no good moving from place to place to save things; because the shadow always follows. Choo….
Don't be mysterious; there isn't the time..
Spoon feeding in the long run teaches us nothing but the shape of the spoon..
Life never gives us what we want at the moment that we consider appropriate..
Think before you speak is criticism's motto; speak before you think, creation's..
We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us..
If I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friend, I hope I should have the guts to betray my country..