Philosophy still moves too much straight ahead, and is not yet cyclical enough.

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.

Your power and brilliance is the the most awesome force life could muster.

Don't let your pride get in your way of surrounding yourself with people who are smarter than you. Life is a continuous journey of learning and growing.

The independence of the United States is not only more precious to ourselves but to the world than any single possession.

The creative process is a living thing, implanted, as it were in the souls of men.

Lose the world, get lost in it, and find your soul.

But courage without conduct is the virtue of a robber, or a tyrant.

Christ is not knocking on the door of a sinner's heart, but on the door of a wayward church.

In our universal experience unintelligent material processes do not create life

[Gratitude is] the cheerfulness of wisdom.

There is nothing as strong as tenderness, And nothing as tender as true strength.