Only he who possesses a personal religion, an original view of infinity, can be an artist.

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.

Kindness is goodness hidden in the heartMore often than declared in speech.

A true Christian does not judge whether a person is worthy of help, but only judges a need and how to best meet that need.

And what, then, is belief? It is the demi-cadence which closes a musical phrase in the symphony of our intellectual life.

Better to see widely than to see too closely and allow some feature of place or situation to catch you unawares. Do you understand?

Near the point of impact, time acelerates to the speed of light.

Excuses are tools of the incompetent

There is no way we can survive as a nation in the world without finding unity.

The development of Africa will not happen without the effective participation of women. Our forefathers' image of women must be buried once for all.

I've done the Rolling Stones eating each other.

I think one's person's unlikeable is another's lovable.