“My life should be unique; it should be an alms, a battle, a conquest, a medicine.”
“So, ministers say that they teach charity. This is natural. They live on alms. All beggars teach that others should give.”
“The notion that a human being should be constantly happy is a uniquely modern, uniquely American, uniquely destructive idea.”
“I am writing a book entitled "Conquest." Please be ready. It is a book children should red.”
“If only sugar were medicine! I should take it every day.”
“Beggars, especially noble beggars, should never show themselves in the street; they should ask for alms through the newspapers. It's still possible to love one's neighbor abstractly, and even occasionally from a distance, but hardly ever up close.”