The meanest authors have at least this similarity with the great author of heaven and earth, that they usually say after a completed day of work: "And behold, what he had done was good.

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.

Never settle for less. Others may see it as lacking or not having. But Others also see it as having standards

Becoming fast friends when you're that small is easy, because the only requirement is that the other person likes to play games.

There were many forms of betrayal. Betrayal of friends. Comrades. Even life.

You know, you never say never because before I did 'ER,' I always said 'I'll never do a TV series,' so that's what I said.

The promise of equal educational opportunity envisioned by the Brown decision remains unfulfilled.

Yes, he would be gone, but she knew now what it meant to love. She might not know what it meant to be loved, but loving was almost as good.

If you're lucky enough to find a weird - never let them go.

Nature and abstract forms are both materials for art, and the choice of one or the other flows from historically changing interests.

Nice' in a bodyguard is about as useful as the ability to regurgitate whole lobsters.

The use of God in moral debate is so problematic as to be almost worthless.