Progress, this great heresy of decay.

There are in every man, always, two simultaneous allegiances, one to God, the other to Satan. Invocation of God, or Spirituality, is a desire to climb higher; that of Satan, or animality, is delight in descent.

Thanks be to God, Who gives us sufferingas sacred remedy for all our sins,that best and purest essence which preparesthe strong in spirit for divine delights!

And, drunk with my own madness, I shouted at him furiously, "Make life beautiful! Make life beautiful!

Where one should see only what is beautiful, our public looks only for what is true.

Wine transforms moles into eagles.

Dance can reveal everything mysterious that is hidden in music