I change too quickly: my today refutes my yesterday. When I ascend I often jump over steps, and no step forgives me that.

Not their love of humanity, but the impotence of their love, prevents the Christians of today - burning us.

Books for all the world are always foul-smelling books: the smell of small people clings to them.

We are terrified by the idea of being terrified.

The best way to give assistance to those who are deeply embarrassed and to calm them down is to praise them decisively.

Sometimes all you need to do to win clever people over to a principle is to present it in the form of a shocking paradox.

Do I advise you to love the neighbor? I suggest rather to escape from the neighbor and to love those who are the farthest away from you. Higher than the love for the neighbor is the love for the man who is distant and has still to come.