The most subtle art, the strongest and deepest art - supreme art - is the one that does not at first allow itself to be recognized.

It is easier to lead men to combat, stirring up their passion, than to restrain them and direct them toward the patient labors of peace.

From the satisfaction of desire there may arise, accompanying joy and as it were sheltering behind it, something not unlike despair.

True kindness presupposes the faculty of imagining as one's own the suffering and joys of others.

There is no work of art that is without short cuts.

One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time.

Generally among intelligent people are found nothing but paralytics and among men of action nothing but fools.