The difference between religion and morality lies simply in the classical division of things into the divine and the human, if one only interprets this correctly.

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.

Love is so short, forgetting is so long.

Despise your weakness, not yourself.

I had only one superstition. I made sure to touch all the bases when I hit a home run.

I did not see the sense in chasing a little white ball around a field.

Defense can't guard two things in a row.

You need a fantastic memory in this game to remember the great shots and a very short memory to forget the bad ones.

The avarice of the old: it's absurd to increase one's luggage as one nears the journey's end.

I stand here before you not as a prophet, but as a humble servant of you, the people.

I think who you are in school really sticks with you.

If you don't want it bad enough to risk losing it- you don't want it bad enough.