Out of man's mind in free play comes the creation Science. It renews itself, like the generations, thanks to an activity which is the best game of homo ludens: science is in the strictest and best sense a glorious entertainment.

Except among those whose education has been in the minimalist style, it is understood that hasty moral judgments about the past are a form of injustice.

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

We cannot appreciate the art of any age without first acquiring an equivalent of the experience it depicts.

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

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.

Finding oneself was a misnomer; a self is not found but made.