Man is an intelligence in servitude to his organs.

The more powerful and original a mind, the more it will incline towards the religion of solitude.

life is short and information endless: nobody has time for everything

I was born wandering between two worlds, one dead, the other powerless to be born, and have made, in a curious way, the worst of both.

Grace is always sufficient, provided we are ready to cooperate with it. If we fail to do our share, but rather choose to rely on self-will and self-direction, we shall not only get no help from the graces bestowed on us, we shall actually make it impossible for further graces to be given.

‎"But that's the price we have to pay for stability. You've got to choose between happiness and what people used to call high art. We've sacrificed the high art.

Craving for power is not a vice of the body, consequently it knows none of the limitations imposed by a tired or satiated physiology upon gluttony, intemperance and lust