There is only a perspective seeing, only a perspective 'knowing'; and the more affects we allow to speak about one thing, the more eyes, different eyes, we can use to observe one thing, the more complete will our 'concept' of this thing, our 'objectivity,' be.

Enjoying praise is in some people merely a civility of the heart--and just the opposite of a vanity of the spirit.

Even the most beautiful scenery is no longer assured of our love after we have lived in it for three months, and some distant coast attracts our avarice: possessions are generally diminished by possession.

It is not your sin - it is your moderation that cries to heaven; your very sparingness in sin cries to heaven!

Whatever harm the evil may do, the harm done by the good is the most harmful harm.

And so while dreams are the individual man's play with reality, the sculptor's art is (in a broader sense) the play with dreams.

Life is that which must overcome itself again and again