The wise man knows how to run his life so that contemplation is possible.

On a grassroots level we say that man can touch more than he can grasp.

This detachment (poverty, chastity, etc.) must not be mere amputation; everything which is shaken off must be simultaneously found again at a higher level.

It is right that we be concerned with the scientific probity of metaphysics.

The dynamic element in my philosophy, taken as a whole, can be seen as an obstinate and untiring battle against the spirit of abstraction.

The wise man knows how to run his life so that contemplation is possible.

... freedom is a conquest, always partial, always precarious, always challenged. ... the freest person is the one with the most hope.