Music, not being made up of objects nor referring to objects, is intangible and ineffable; it can only be as it were inhaled by the spirit: the rest is silence.

Above all, the ability to feel the force of an argument apart from the substance it deals with is the strongest weapon against prejudice.

Writing, at least a craft and at its best an art, aspiring to the unique, is the most difficult to learn.

It is only in the shadows, when some fresh wave, truly original, truly creative, breaks upon the shore, that there will be a rediscovery of the West.

In any assembly the simplest way to stop transacting business and split the ranks is to appeal to a principle.

Idealism springs from deep feelings, but feelings are nothing without the formulated idea that keeps them whole.

[T]hat is the triumph of history - truth absolute is not at hand; the original with which to match the copy does not exist.