The pettiness of a mind can be measured by the pettiness of its adoration or its blasphemy.

One doesn't discover new lands without consenting to lose sight, for a very long time, of the shore.

Christianity, above all, consoles; but there are naturally happy souls who do not need consolation. Consequently Christianity begins by making such souls unhappy, for otherwise it would have no power over them.

To know how to free oneself is nothing; the arduous thing is to know what to do with one's freedom.

Art is a collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does the better.

In other people's company I felt I was dull, gloomy, unwelcome, at once bored and boring.

A desire for truth is by no means a need for certitude and it would be unwise to confuse one with the other.