Wit is the appearance, the external flash of imagination. Thus its divinity, and the witty character of mysticism.

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.

When you're a kid all you want to do is be somewhere else.

We see ourselves in terms of yesterday and today. Our Heavenly Father sees us in terms of forever.

The object of reflection is invariably the discovery of something satisfying to the mind which was not there at the beginning of the search.

If Newborn Babies Could Speak They Would Be The Most Intelligent Beings On Planet Earth.

Life is a publicity stunt. A shill. You've been had.

How hard it is to escape from places. However carefully one goes they hold you — you leave little bits of yourself fluttering on the fences — like rags and shreds of your very life.

This is the method of genius, to ripen fruit for the crowd by those rays of whose heat they complain.

When all choices seem wrong, choose restraint.

You get involved in politics because politics are a weapon to use in the cause of Islam.

Unexpected hardship refines people; if you can accept it, both mind and body will benefit. If you cannot accept it, on the other hand, both mind and body will be harmed.