Not only virtue, but also insight, not only sanctity but also wisdom, are the duties and tasks of mankind.

The fixed stars signify the angel in man. That is why man orients himself by them; and that is why women have no appreciation for the starry sky; because they have no sense of the angel in man.

No men who really think deeply about women retain a high opinion of them; men either despise women or they have never thought seriously about them.

In those rare individual cases where women approach genius they also approach masculinity.

Every true, eternal problem is an equally true, eternal fault; every answer an atonement, every realisation an improvement.

The genius which runs to madness is no longer genius.

The deepest, the intelligible, part of the nature of man is that part which does not take refuge in causality, but which chooses in freedom the good or the bad.

It is not the fear of death which creates the desire for immortality, but the desire for immortality which causes the fear of death.

Woman, in short, has an unconscious life, man a conscious life, and the genius the most conscious life.

But the higher a man mounts, the greater may be his fall; all genius is a conquering of chaos, mystery.

An individual's arrogance is always in proportion to his lack of self-assurance.

To be a human being means to be lonely.To go on becoming a person means exploring new modes of resting in our loneliness.

Masume works hard and he's very thoughtful. He likes hardships, so he's very useful.

new york provides not only a continuing excitation but also a spectacle that is continuing.

The most challenging thing for the spiritual seeker to do is to stop struggling.

I love coffee, I love tea, I love the Java Jive, and it loves me. Coffee and tea and the Java and me, A cup, a cup, a cup, a cup, a cup.

I don't think I'd be a very good talk show host. I mean, I'm very talkative but I don't know if I could do that all the time.

Peace can be a cover whereby evil men can perpetrate diabolical wrongs.

I do know that I have to work hard for every single thing that I get, really hard, and that's okay.

Virtue is voluntary, vice involuntary.

You cannot say, because I am from Naples so I like the mixture of drama and comedy all together.