“But what man does out of despair, is not necessarily a key to his character. I have always thought that the real key is in that which he seeks for his enjoyment.”
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Russian-American novelist and philosopher 1905–1982Related quotes

“With one day's reading a man may have the key in his hands.”

“A man is literally what he thinks, his character being the complete sum of all his thoughts.”
As A Man Thinketh (1902)
Source: As a Man Thinketh

“Thought is a key to all treasures; the miser’s gains are ours without his cares.”
The Wild Ass’s Skin (1831), Part I: The Talisman
Context: Thought is a key to all treasures; the miser’s gains are ours without his cares. Thus I have soared above this world, where my enjoyments have been intellectual joys.
Source: The Wheel of Time: Shamans of Ancient Mexico, Their Thoughts About Life, Death and the Universe], (1998), Quotations from A Separate Reality (Chapter 6)

“If a man has character, he has also his typical experience, which always recurs.”