An artist is he for whom the goal and center of life is to form his mind.

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.

It was a small church. No large cathedral towers overshadowed the purpose of the house of worship. It was a monument to faith rather than a monument to man’s triumph over nature.

Read over your compositions, and wherever you meet with a passage which you think is particularly fine, strike it out.

I find at moments I'm as fragile as glass.

What the hell kind of name is Kitty for a werewolf?

The theater is like a faithful wife. The film is the great adventure - the costly, exacting mistress.

Let that ethical philosophy therefore of free-will be far from a Christian mind.

A national primary election would electrify the people and give them a larger stake in the outcome.

In the event of the death of a current or former President, like the recent death of President Ronald Reagan, the flag should be flown at half-staff for thirty days from the day of the death.

Just say yes and you'll figure it out afterwards.