Whoever no longer finds greatness in God no longer finds it anywhere--he must either deny it or create it.

But anyone who has really made sacrifices knows that he wanted and got something in return perhaps something for something of himself - that he gave up in order to have more here or at least to feel that he has "more".

Woman learns how to hate in proportion as she forgets how to charm.

We do not belong to those who only get their thought from books, or at the prompting of books, -- it is our custom to think in the open air, walking, leaping, climbing, or dancing on lonesome mountains by preference, or close to the sea, where even the paths become thoughtful.

Both classically- and romantically-minded spirits-inasmuch as these two species always exist-occupy themselves with a vision of the future: but the former do so out of a strength of their age, the latter out of its weakness.

All things are subject to interpretation whichever interpretation prevails at a given time is a function of power and not truth.

The grand style arises when beauty wins a victory over the monstrous.