In this world we must either institute conventional forms of expression or else pretend that we have nothing to express; the choice lies between a mask and a figleaf.
The soul, too has her virginity and must bleed a little before bearing fruit.
Self-assurance is contemptible and fatal unless it is self-knowledge.
The Bible is literature, not dogma.
To drink in the spirit of a place you should be not only alone but unhurried.
Each religion, by the help of more or less myth, which it takes more or less seriously, proposes some method of fortifying the human soul and enabling it to make its peace with its destiny.