Every good man progressively becomes God. To become God, to be man, and to educate oneself, are expressions that are synonymous.

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.

I'll write about my past but I won't talk about it. I'll turn it into art if I can, but I won't talk about it.

Love is a hidden treasure. You never know you have it until someone special reveals it.

[W]hat my grandmother and my mother and I all know is that our beauty is no miracle. It is bought and paid for.

An army of principles can penetrate where an army of soldiers cannot.

I've known John Landgraf for 20 years. He said it perfectly. People will ask if I've seen X. My response has often been, 'Seen it? I've never heard of it.'

What matters in this life is more than winning for ourselves. What really matters is helping others win too. Even if it means slowing down and changing our course now and then.

Talent is nothing but long patience.

I say 'no' to drugs. Whenever someone asks me for some of my drugs I say, 'no.

You might have some people that disagree with populism and anti-globalism and so forth, but Donald Trump has no desire to undermine America.

Everybody learns differently and everybody gets to a certain point from a different direction.