To the artist there is never anything ugly in nature.

没有道德的效率是空洞的进步。

The writer’s challenge is to find the universal in the particular.

You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from.

The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.

There is no easy walk to freedom anywhere, and many of us will have to pass through the valley of the shadow of death again and again before we reach the mountaintop of our desires.