Tell me what you pay attention to and I will tell you who you are.

We do not live to think, but, on the contrary, we think in order that we may succeed in surviving.

The metaphor is probably the most fertile power possessed by man

The idea of beauty, like a slab of magnificent marble, has crushed all possible refinement and vitality from the psychology of love.

Since love is the most delicate and total act of a soul, it will reflect the state and nature of the soul. The characteristics of the person in love must be attributed to love itself.

Let others think what they like: for me, the culmination of life consists of a pure and subtly dramatic passion.

…falling in love is a state of mental misery which has a restricting, impoverishing, and paralyzing effect upon the development of our consciousness.

Why write, if this too easy activity of pushing a pen across paper is not given a certain bull-fighting risk and we do not approach dangerous, agile, and two-horned topics?

Let us tear down the romantic trappings that have adorned passion. Let us cease believing that the measure of a man’s love lies in how stupid he has become or is willing to be.

Marxian Socialism and Bolshevism are two historical phenomena which have hardly a single common denominator.

I have a remarkable memory I forget everything. It is wonderfully convenient. It is as though the world were constantly renewing itself for me.

The process of growth is obviously critical to my understanding of the land and myself. So the process is far more unpredictable with far more compromises with the day, the weather, the material.

There is nothing so unready as readiness of wit.

Spend a lifetime in hard work with a humble mind.

Islamophobia: a word created by fascists, and used by cowards, to manipulate morons.

That's always the way when you discover something new; everyone thinks you're crazy.

Some know the value of education by having it. I know it's value by not having it.

Don’t feel your way into your beliefs; believe your way into your feelings.

If there's a book you really want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it.

I cannot imagine that I could strive for something if I did not carry hope in me.