All spiritual interests are supported by animal life.

The works of nature first acquire a meaning in the commentaries they provoke.

Words are weapons, and it is dangerous . . . to borrow them from the arsenal of the enemy.

The lover knows much more about absolute good and universal beauty than any logician or theologian, unless the latter, too, be lovers in disguise.

The primary use of conversation is to satisfy the impulse to talk.

Is it indeed from the experience of beauty and happiness, from the occasional harmony between our nature and our environment, that we draw our conception of the divine life.

The soul, too has her virginity and must bleed a little before bearing fruit.