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The study of history and philosophy, accompanied by some acquaintance with art and literature, should be for lawyers and engineers as well as for those who study in arts faculties.

The subject of Finnish poetry ought to have a special interest for the Japanese student, if only for the reason that Finnish poetry comes more closely in many respects to Japanese poetry than any other form of Western poetry.

The sublimated idealism of the Enlightenment, the spirit of the League of Nations and of the United Nations Charter have not proved strong enough to control the aggressive dynamism of nationalism.

The study of science, dissociated from that of philosophy and literature, narrows the mind and weakens the power to love and follow the noblest ideals: for the truths which science ignores and must ignore are precisely those which have the deepest bearing on life and conduct.

The superiority of one man's opinion over another's is never so great as when the opinion is about a woman.

The surest method of being incomprehensible or, moreover, to be misunderstood is to use words in their original sense; especially words from the ancient languages.

The talent of success is nothing more than doing what you can do well, and doing well whatever you do without thought of fame. If it comes at all it will come because it is deserved, not because it is sought after.

The teacher is the one who gets the most out of the lessons, and that the true teacher is a learner.

The Ten Commandments have never been replaced as the moral basis upon which society rests.

The Teutons have been singing the swan song ever since they entered the ranks of history. They have always confounded truth with death.

The theory of politics that emerges from the political literature of the pre-Revolutionary years rests on the belief that what lay behind every political scene, the ultimate explanation of every political controversy, was the disposition of power.

The test of real literature is that it will bear repetition. We read over the same pages again and again, and always with fresh delight.

The thing I love about reporting is being able to blend in with any group, whether that's neo-Nazis or pedophiles.

The thing that differentiates man from animals is money.

The things I write are for those who are willing to accept a new relationship between the reader and the author.

The thing that is incredible is life itself. Why should we be here in this sun-illuminated universe? Why should there be green earth under our feet?

The thornbush is the old obstacle in the road. It must catch fire if you want to go further.

The Thriller album is still the biggest album of all time. That is still returning huge royalty cheques.

The time of illusion, then, is the beautiful moment of passion; it represents the artistic zone in which the poet or romance writer ought to be free to do the very best that he can.

The total absence of humor from the Bible is one of the most singular things in all literature.

The traditional Sanskrit learning has given to Brahaman community of Kashmir, small as it has been always, a distinguished place in the history of Sanskrit literature since early times.

The trouble with Germans is not that they fire shells, but that they engrave them with quotations from Kant.

The trick to forgetting the big picture is to look at everything close-up.

The true function of a writer is to produce a masterpiece and no other task is of any consequence.

The trouble with wedlock is that there's not enough wed and too much lock.

The trouble with radicals is that they only read radical literature, and the trouble with conservatives is that they don't read anything

The truth doesn't have to do with cruelty, the truth has to do with mercy.

The true poet for me is a priest. As soon as he dons the cassock, he must leave his family.

The truth is that life is delicious, horrible, charming, frightful, sweet, bitter, and that is everything.

The truth is lived, not taught.

The two most precious things this side of the grave are our reputation and our life. But it is to be lamented that the most contemptible whisper may deprive us of the one, and the weakest weapon of the other.

The unassuming youth seeking instruction with humility gains good fortune.

The unions claim the deck is stacked against them when it comes to labor laws, but the truth is many private and public sector workers are forced to pay union dues as a condition of their employment, yet they have little say in how the unions spend their money.

The unique thing that literature provides is to be able to step so fully into another situation and condition.

The United Nations has become a largely irrelevant, if not positively destructive institution, and the just-released U.N. report on the atrocities in Darfur, Sudan, proves the point.

The unity of effect or impression is a point of the greatest importance. It is clear, moreover, that this unity cannot be thoroughly preserved in productions whose perusal cannot be completed at one sitting.

The utmost the American novelist can hope for, if he hopes at all to see his work included in the literature of his time, is that it may eventually be found to be along in the direction of the growing tip of collective consciousness. Preeminently the novelist's gift is that of access to the collective mind.

The U.N. Population Fund has a maternal health program in some Cameroon hospitals, but it doesn't operate in this region. It's difficult to expand, because President Bush has cut funding

The University brings out all abilities, including incapability.

The Vedic literature opens to us a chapter in what has been called the education of the human race to which we can find no parallel anywhere else.

The usual channels of university studies or secretarial work did not appeal to me. I cherished difficult dreams through confidence in myself.

The utmost extent of man's knowledge, is to know that he knows nothing.

The vampires have always been metaphors for me. They've always been vehicles through which I can express things I have felt very, very deeply.

The victim mentality may be the last uncomplicated thing about life in America.

The Victorians needed parody. Without it their literature would have been a rank and weedy growth, over-watered with tears.

The victor belongs to the spoils.

The want of logic annoys. Too much logic bores. Life eludes logic, and everything that logic alone constructs remains artificial and forced.

The wavering mind is but a base possession.

The want of an international Copy-Right Law, by rendering it nearly impossible to obtain anything from the booksellers in the wayof remuneration for literary labor, has had the effect of forcing many of our very best writers into the service of the Magazines and Reviews.

The way to build a complex system that works is to build it from very simple systems that work.