Man himself is an enigma in motion; his questions never stay asked; whereas the mold, the footprint, and by natural extension, the statue itself, like the vaults, the arches, the temples with which man records his own passing, remain immobile and fix a moment of man's life, upon which one might endlessly meditate.

The most difficult thing in the world is to say thinkingly what everybody says without thinking.

Two things are aesthetically perfect in the world - the clock and the cat.

We must recognize the eloquence of our passions and refuse to be taken in. Instead of saying, 'That false friend always did despise me,' say: 'In my present state of agitation, I can't see clearly, I can't judge clearly; I am only a tragic actor who is declaiming for his own ears.' Then you will see the lights in the theater go out for lack of an audience, and the brilliant sets will be nothing more than painted cardboard.

There are only two kinds of scholars; those who love ideas and those who hate them.

If religion is only human, and its form is man's form, it follows that everything in religion is true.

There is a future that makes itself and a future we make. The real future is composed of both.