Most quarrels amplify a misunderstanding.
If life were organized, there would be no need for art.
The difficulty comes from this, that Christianity (Christian orthodoxy) is exclusive and that belief in its truth excludes belief in any other truth. It does not absorb; it repulses.
The sole art that suits me is that which, rising from unrest, tends toward serenity.
Profound optimism is always on the side of the tortured.
If one could recover the uncompromising spirit of one's youth, one's greatest indignation would be for what one has become.