To be a man is, precisely, to be responsible.

To be a man is to feel that one's own stone contributes to building the edifice of the world.

Navigating by the compass in a sea of clouds over Spain is all very well, it is very dashing, but - you want to remember that below the sea of clouds lies eternity.

You give birth to that on which you fix your mind

If you love a flower that lives on a star, it is sweet to look at the sky at night. All the stars are a-bloom with flowers.

What sets us against one another is not our aims - they all come to the same thing - but our methods, which are the fruit of our varied reasoning.

Let your dream devour your life, not your life devour your dream.