Religion is not only a part of education, an element of humanity, but the center of everything else, always the first and the ultimate, the absolutely original.

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.

The denial of Christ has less to do with facts and more to do with the bent of what a person is prejudiced to conclude.

You need the Spirit of the Lord to come mightily upon you. When He is in charge, your troubles are in trouble.

The Grammys are supposed to be awards for artistic excellence… Iggy Azalea’s not excellent.

Money is good, love is wealth.

We're not fair weather friends. We've been in places for a long, long time.

Even though I occasionally appear on it, I don't watch television.

I've always had this juxtaposition of characters, because I'm an artist. I'm a very quiet person at home and introspective and the whole deal, and then I can be really big later. I had no problem.

I'm not retired, I will continue directing films and doing fight choreography. I won't stop.

Janie looked down on him and felt a self-crushing love. So her soul crawled out from its hiding place.