You must treat a work of art like a great man: stand before it and wait patiently till it deigns to speak.

Indeed, intolerance is essential only to monotheism; an only God is by nature a jealous God who will not allow another to live. On the other hand, polytheistic gods are naturally tolerant, they live and let live.

For our improvement we need a mirror.

A man can surely do what he wills to do, but cannot determine what he wills.

Life is a task to be done. It is a fine thing to say defunctus est; it means that the man has done his task.

Memory works like the collection glass in the Camera obscura: it gathers everything together and therewith produces a far more beautiful picture than was present originally.

The fruits of Christianity were religious wars, butcheries, crusades, inquisitions, extermination of the natives of America, and the introduction of African slaves in their place.