He who wants to do everything will never do anything.

Information is not culture. In the mind of a truly educated person, facts are organized, and they make up a living world in the image of the world of reality.

Two human beings anchored to one another are like two ships shaken by waves; their carcases collide with one another and creak.

The reading of a fine book is an uninterrupted dialogue in which the book speaks and our soul replies.

Either the soul is immortal and we shall not die, or it perishes with the flesh and we shall not know that we are dead. Live, then, as if you were eternal.

Live as if you were eternal.

If you create an act, you create a habit. If you create a habit, you create a character. If you create a character, you create a destiny.