Men seldom persevere in a vocation unless they believe or can convince themselves that it is fundamentally more important than anyother calling. Women are the same with their lovers.

I despise mystics, they fancy themselves so deep, when they aren't even superficial.

The great end of art is to strike the imagination with the power of a soul that refuses to admit defeat even in the midst of a collapsing world.

The snake which cannot cast its skin has to die. As well the minds which are prevented from changing their opinions; they cease to be mind.

The great works are produced in such an ecstasy of love that they must always be unworthy of it, however great their worth otherwise.

For nothing is more democratic than logic; it is no respecter of persons and makes no distinction between crooked and straight noses.

Truth is the kind of error without which a certain species of life could not live. The value for life is ultimately decisive.