All thinking of the religious man is etymological, a reduction of all concepts to the original intuition, to the characteristic.

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.

When comprehending how different people truly are, you also comprehend the absolute necessity of some divine authority.

No man is worth his salt who is not ready at all times to risk his well-being, to risk his body, to risk his life, in a great cause.

My philosophy has always been, 'do what you love and the money will follow.'

It has always been quite apparent to me that no important story can fail to tell us something of value to us.

I would use going into nature to clear myself - trees and plants including having plants at your house is a wonderfully natural way to continuously clear yourself.

The legs feed the wolf, gentlemen.

We won't get any growth in Greece by just imposing cuts. What I would prefer is a special economic zone for Greece.

Expect the best and get it.

I think that the memory of Armenia's genocide opened my eyes at an early age to the existence of political cynicism.

I know I am deathless. No doubt I have died myself ten thousand times before. I laugh at what you call dissolution, and I know the amplitude of time.