Goodness is achieved not in a vacuum, but in the company of other men, attended by love.

Quote by Saul Bellow

Topics: Saul Bellow Quotes

Any artist should be grateful for a naive grace which puts him beyond the need...

Any artist should be grateful for a naive grace which puts him beyond the need...

I have begun in old age to understand just how oddly we are all put...

I have begun in old age to understand just how oddly we are all put...

A man is only as good as what he loves.

A man is only as good as what he loves.

Hapiness can only be found if you can free yourself of all other distractions.

Hapiness can only be found if you can free yourself of all other distractions.

I've never turned over a fig leaf yet that didn't have a price tag on...

I've never turned over a fig leaf yet that didn't have a price tag on...

I think that New York is not the cultural centre of America, but the business...

I think that New York is not the cultural centre of America, but the business...

People can lose their lives in libraries. They ought to be warned.

People can lose their lives in libraries. They ought to be warned.

Everybody knows there is no fineness or accuracy of suppression; if you hold down one...

Everybody knows there is no fineness or accuracy of suppression; if you hold down one...

Conquered people tend to be witty.

Conquered people tend to be witty.

There are evils that have the ability to survive identification and go on for ever......

There are evils that have the ability to survive identification and go on for ever......

All a writer has to do to get a woman is to say he's a...

All a writer has to do to get a woman is to say he's a...

Whoever wants to reach a distant goal must take small steps.

Whoever wants to reach a distant goal must take small steps.

If women are expected to do the same work as men, we must teach them...

If women are expected to do the same work as men, we must teach them...

Take our politicians: they're a bunch of yo-yos. The presidency is now a cross between...

Take our politicians: they're a bunch of yo-yos. The presidency is now a cross between...

Everybody needs his memories. They keep the wolf of insignificance from the door.

Everybody needs his memories. They keep the wolf of insignificance from the door.

I'm glad I haven't lived in vain.

I'm glad I haven't lived in vain.

Everybody needs his memories. They keep the wolf of insignificance from the door.

Everybody needs his memories. They keep the wolf of insignificance from the door.

I've never tried to block out the memories of the past, even though some are...

I've never tried to block out the memories of the past, even though some are...

As memory may be a paradise from which we cannot be driven, it may also...

As memory may be a paradise from which we cannot be driven, it may also...

Liars need good memories

Liars need good memories