The danger of loss of faith in God is not that one will believe in nothing, but rather that one will believe in anything.

If you spell a word wrong you have some temptation to think it wrong.

Art is born when the temporary touches the eternal.

It is ludicrous to suppose that the more sceptical we are the more we see good in everything. It is clear that the more we are certain what good is, the more we shall see good in everything.

When a man ceases to believe in god, he does not believe in nothing. He believes in everything.

The vulgar man is always the most distinguished, for the very desire to be distinguished is vulgar.

In the fairy tale, an incomprehensible happiness rests upon an incomprehensible condition. A box is opened and all evils fly out. A word is forgotten and cities perish. A lamp is lit and love flies away. An apple is eaten and the hope of God is gone.