Tomes of aesthetic criticism hang on a few moments of real delight and intuition.

To be happy you must have taken the measure of your powers, tasted the fruits of your passion, and learned your place in the world.

Philosophers are very severe towards other philosophers because they expect too much.

Life is not a spectacle or a feast; it is a predicament.

Culture is on the horns of this dilemma: if profound and noble it must remain rare, if common it must become mean.

Self-assurance is contemptible and fatal unless it is self-knowledge.

We should have to abandon our vested illusions, our irrational religions and patriotisms.