How many authors are there among writers? Author means originator.

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.

Women think of all colors except the absence of color. I have said that black has it all. White too. Their beauty is absolute. It is the perfect harmony.

Belief gets in the way of learning.

With love, you should go ahead and take the risk of getting hurt because love is an amazing feeling.

Walk into a room, knowing you are somebody, somebody special. Don't ever let them smash that or pull you down.

I caved in to what people wanted me to do. I thought that they weren't going to like me if I didn't.

Although man is already ninety per cent water, the Prohibitionists are not yet satisfied.

I'm not comfortable being preachy, but more people need to start spending as much time in the library as they do on the basketball court.

This isn't just an unhappy planet. Sometimes very good things can happen.

I hope the time will never come when I shall feel satisfied. To reach the goal of one's ambitions must be tragic.

When you have broken the reality into concepts you never can reconstruct it in its wholeness.