Grief teaches the steadiest minds to waver.

Not life$$$ but good life$$$ is to be chiefly valued.

By all means marry; if you get a good wife$$$ you'll become happy; if you get a bad one$$$ you'll become a philosopher.

Education is the kindling of a flame$$$ not the filling of a vessel.

But it makes an immigrant laugh to hear the fears of the nationalist$$$ scared of infection$$$ penetration$$$ miscegenation$$$ when this is small fry$$$ peanuts$$$ compared to what the immigrant fears - dissolution$$$ disappearance.

They had nothing to say to each other. A five-year age gap between siblings is like a garden that needs constant attention. Even three months apart allows the weeds to grow up between you.

Interpretation is the revenge of the intellectual upon art.

To be an artist is to enter into competition with God.

Where does it all lead? What will become of us? These were our young questions$$$ and young answers were revealed. It leads to each other. We become ourselves.

No one expected me. Everything awaited me.