Reason is mechanical, wit chemical, and genius organic spirit.

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.

I have seen your darkest nights and brightest days and I want you to knowthat I will be here forever loving you in dusk.

Two goddesses now must Cyprus adore; The Muses are ten, and the Graces are four; Stella's wit is so charming, so sweet her fair face, She shines a new Venus, a Muse, and a Grace.

I just thought that it was magical having to glide across the ice.

Between a balanced republic and a democracy, the difference is like that between order and chaos.

It is - last stage of all When we are frozen up within, and quite The phantom of ourselves To hear the world applaud the hollow ghost Which blamed the living man

Trust, practice, and then release yourself into the goodness of Existence and your life will prove that what you believe, you see.

The neurotic believes that life has meaning, but that his life hasn't.

Sequels are very rarely a good idea, and in any case, the success of the book changed my relationship with the club in some ways.

In every sin, we choose to believe the devil's lie rather than God's truth.

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