Art is born when the temporary touches the eternal.

Every one on the earth should believe that he has something to give to the world which cannot otherwise be given.

The whole truth is generally the ally of virtue; a half-truth is always the ally of some vice.

I believe what really happens in history is this: the old man is always wrong; and the young people are always wrong about what is wrong with him. The practical form it takes is this: that, while the old man may stand by some stupid custom, the young man always attacks it with some theory that turns out to be equally stupid.

Fallacies do not cease to be fallacies because they become fashions.

Materialists and madmen never have doubts.

We actually love ourselves more than we love joy.