Wisdom comes from disillusionment.

Saints cannot arise where there have been no warriors, nor philosophers where a prying beast does not remain hidden in the depths.

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

By nature's kindly disposition most questions which it is beyond a man's power to answer do not occur to him at all.

Men become superstitious, not because they have too much imagination, but because they are not aware that they have any.

Spirit itself is not human; it may spring up in any life... it may exist in all animals, and who know in how many undreamt-of beings, or in the midst of what worlds?

It is veneer, rouge, aestheticism, art museums, new theaters, etc. that make America impotent. The good things are football, kindness, and jazz bands.