Francisco Ayala

Nothing should disturb the equanimity of the soul; even our passion, even our outbursts should be measured and weighed.

The greed is the most selfless of passions, as it demands self-denial, sometimes of heroic magnitude.

The homeland of the writer is their language.

Incompetence is all the more harmful the greater the power of the incompetent.

Real intellectual exercise does not consist of following trends, but of facing the difficulties of one's own time.