Grief, first take on shape! what is shapeless causes fear and torment but when the enemy materializes, half the victory is won.

Metaphysics must be based on what exists, for it has the task of explicating it.

To enlist the support of the people and of parliament, you only have to propose a profitable villainy.

Right and proof are two crutches for everything bent and crooked that limps along.

A wise man can and should stand above his times, not so the poet, but he should be their apex.

If we notice a few errors in the work of a proven master, we may and even will often be correct; if we believe, however, that he is completely and utterly mistaken, we are in danger of missing his entire concept.

I've never been on good terms with God, but now I'm becoming His intimate, for He is truly absolute and extremely legitimate.