Poetry and philosophy are, according to how you take them, different spheres, different forms, or factors of religion. Try to really combine both, and you will have nothing but religion.

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.

Once war becomes a clash of absolutes, there is no breathing room for mercy. Absolute truth is blind truth.

Don't allow the fear of falling stop you from pursuing your dream. Prepare. Practice. Pray. Jump! It's through the fall that you'll realize you can to fly.

It was a beautiful lie that they had all been telling themselves—that you could have magic without monsters.

Affection is responsible for nine-tenths of whatever solid and durable happiness there is in our lives.

Sometimes the more you think about an outfit the worse it gets.

Sneering springs out of the wish to deny; and wretched must that state of mind be that wishes to take refuge in doubt.

Constant development is the law of life, and a man who always tries to maintain his dogmas in order to appear consistent drives himself into a false position.

Each and every one of us has a vital part to play in building the kind of world in which government and technology serve the world's people and not the other way around.

The migrants are not a temporary crisis. The crisis is mounting.

Attitude and not the Aptitude decide the Altitude you reach in life.