Virtue is reason which has become energy.

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.

I try to make two movies a year. To me, that's not too much. On top of that, I like to work.

Humanitarian missions are little different from any other public enterprise, diplomacy included, which is susceptible of misinterpretation by the public, hence ultimately of failure.

I'd studied theater growing up and loved that, but didn't have many examples of artists around me.

Oh invisible, we view thee, O world intangible, we touch thee, o world unknowable, we know thee.

A girl can do what she wants to do / And that's what I'm gonna do.

I never really was much of a practical jokester or anything.

Mission is both the announcement and the demonstration of the reign of God through Christ.

Nothing requires a greater effort of thought than arguments to justify the rule of non-thought.

I warn you against believing that advertising is a science.