All charming people have something to conceal, usually their total dependence on the appreciation of others.
Carelessness is not fatal to journalism, nor are cliches, for the eye rests lightly on them. But what is intended to be read once can seldom be read more than once; a journalist has to accept the fact that his work, by its very todayness, is excluded from any share in tomorrow.
The secret of happiness ... Is to be in harmony with existence, to be always calm, always lucid, always willing "to be joined to the universe without being more conscious of it than an idiot," to let each wave of life wash us a little farther up the shore.
A writer who takes up journalism abandons the slow tempo of literature for a faster one and the change will do him harm. By degrees the flippancy of journalism will become a habit and the pleasure of being paid on the nail and more especially of being praised on the nail, grow indispensable.
There are many who dare not kill themselves for fear of what the neighbours will say.
The true function of a writer is to produce a masterpiece and no other task is of any consequence.
The secret of success is to be in harmony with existence, to be always calm to let each wave of life wash us a little farther up the shore.
The secret of happiness ... Is to be in harmony with existence, to be always calm, always lucid, always willing "to be joined to the universe without being more conscious of it than an idiot," to let each wave of life wash us a little farther up the shore.
The friendships which last are those wherein each friend respects the other's dignity to the point of not really wanting anything from him.
The civilized are those who get more out of life than the uncivilized, and for this we are not likely to be forgiven.