When reason and unreason come into contact, an electrical shock occurs. This is called polemics.

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.

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.

Publication is to thinking as childbirth is to the first kiss.

Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery..

Conservative, n: A statesman who is enamored of existing evils, as distinguished from the Liberal who wishes to replace them with others.

The work of the individual still remains the spark that moves mankind ahead even more than teamwork.

What experience has shown me is that it takes your life to become an artist.

It is a real pleasure to see music so bright and spontaneous expressed with corresponding ease and grace.

I am he as you are he as you are me and we are all together.

When we deconstruct how radical evil occurs we realize that it is anything but spontaneous combustion. You need pyromaniacs.

Naturalism and materialism mean essentially the same thing.

I've signed thousands of documents, but never read them.

I'm a big fan of the Rocky series. Given the chance, I'd love to meet Sylvester Stallone. But apart from boxing, I'm an ardent fan of tennis and football.