Religion must completely encircle the spirit of ethical man like his element, and this luminous chaos of divine thoughts and feelings is called enthusiasm.

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.

You ought to ask God for a specific task. And He will grant you grace to accomplish it.

We must intentionally push ourselves out of our comfort zones if we are to make any significant progress on this side of life.

Celibacy is not natural to men or to women; all bodily needs require their legitimate satisfaction, and celibacy is a disregard of natural law.

I don't feel like the real, transcendental sound experiences I've had in my life have anything to do with intellect.

As far as I'm concerned, everything bad that happens in the world stems from the same place, they're people who don't feel important.

When rock music came in, I wasn't bitter about it. I was puzzled.

Every girls dream is to have two hot guys having a bit of a barney over you.

Insects are what neurosis would sound like, if neurosis could make a noise with its nose.

I've worked in the prison system for five years, and most of those folks in prison didn't have a direction.

I sometimes think there is nothing so delightful as drawing.