You cannot save people. You can only love them.

Only when the poet and the scientist work in unison will we have living experiences and knowledge of the marvels of the universe as they are being discovered.

I am a winged creature who is too rarely allowed to use its wings. Ecstasies do not occur often enough.

I cannot concentrate all my friendship on any single one of my friends because no one is complete enough in himself.

The way to recognize a dead word is that it exudes boredom.

We three belong to the Middle Ages. We have this need of heroism, and there is no place for such feelings in modern life. That is our tragedy. Once I wanted to be a saint. It seemed the only absolute act left to do, for what is most powerful in me is the craving for purity, greatness.

I believe that in judging our actions we are more severe than professional judges. We judge not only our actions, but our thoughts, our intentions, our secret curses, our hidden hate.