Novels are the Socratic dialogues of our time. Practical wisdom fled from school wisdom into this liberal form.

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.

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.

Publication is to thinking as childbirth is to the first kiss.

The quality of beauty lies on how beholder values an object.

Find your I first and then dissolve in it!

'How To Train your Dragon 2' is an amazing film. I think it's an extraordinary film. The animation in it is fantastic.

The change is from inner to outer. We start by dissolving our attitude not by altering outer conditions.

I want to be able to fight for what I'm worth, not someone else's generosity.

I don't want to be a victim.

You have to treat your employees like customers

I love hearing strong, confident beats in music because I love to dance. At the same time, melody is really important to me because I love singing.

I don't care about my "impact" - I only care about the theater as an art form and criticism as an act of writing.

Sexual pleasure is not a sin. Nor is it a sacrament. It is your right as a human being to exercise as you see fit. It's amazing that I feel the need to say this, but, given our times, I do.