Words do not change their meanings so drastically in the course of centuries as, in our minds, names do in the course of a year or two.

Words do not change their meanings so drastically in the course of centuries as, in our minds, names do in the course of a year or two

I was not one man only but the steady advance hour after hour of an army in close formation, in which there appeared, according to the moment, impassioned men, indifferent men, jealous men.

Reading is that fruitful miracle of a communication in the midst of solitude.

It is not that the meaning cannot be explained. But there are certain meanings that are lost forever the moment they are explained in words.

Everything great in the world comes from neurotics. They alone have founded our religions and composed our masterpieces.