A classification is a definition comprising a system of definitions.

Irony is a clear consciousness of an eternal agility, of the infinitely abundant chaos.

Versatility of education can be found in our best poetry, but the depth of mankind should be found in the philosopher.

Aphorisms are the true form of the universal philosophy.

Nothing truly convincing - which would possess thoroughness, vigor, and skill - has been written against the ancients as yet; especially not against their poetry.

Strictly speaking, the idea of a scientific poem is probably as nonsensical as that of a poetic science.

Novels are the Socratic dialogues of our time. Practical wisdom fled from school wisdom into this liberal form.

Wit as an instrument of revenge is as infamous as art is as a means of sensual titillation.

The main thing is to know something and to say it.

When reason and unreason come into contact, an electrical shock occurs. This is called polemics.

A priest is he who lives solely in the realm of the invisible, for whom all that is visible has only the truth of an allegory.

There are no crash courses on ‘enlightenment’, you only crash in a course like that.

To them, as to Magnus, time was like rain, glittering as it fell, changing the world, but something that could also be taken for granted.

...Obyann, you're talking about the Landemere-Ramaldah border dispute of 1416. Damn it, man, that was in the time of our grandfathers.

The victory of the ignorant masses always means a temporary backward movement in the progression of humanity!

Circumstances made me the theatrical personality I am, which many people believe is also a part of my personal life.

Do your best when no one is looking.

The outsider is not sure who he is. He has found an “I”, but it is not his true “I”.’ His main business is to find his way back to himself.

Getters don't get - givers get.

Life is dear to all beings, they have the right to live the same that we do.

Wealth is only a benefit of the game of money. If you win, the money will be there.