Saul Bellow

"The greatest thing one human being can do for another is listen."

"Modern society makes it nearly impossible to be yourself."

"Without adversity, the virtues cannot be developed."

"The human race is a remarkable collection of contradictions."

"Real life is the novel, and the novel is real life."

"We are all guilty of the same failures and weaknesses."

"The mind seeks out agreeable alternatives to reality."

"Cruelty is the sin against which all other sins are minor."

"The true self is neither here nor there, but in motion between worlds."

"Only the mind that doesn't depend on power can be truly free."

"We are betrayed by our very nature to live."

"The artist's life is marked by constant uncertainty."

"What is required now is a new kind of courage."

"Society will always create the conditions for its own dissolution."

"The purpose of being alive is not to become a better person."

"Every person is a potential masterpiece."

"Memory makes us who we are."