Statues to great men are made of the stones thrown at them in their lifetime.

Poetry is indispensable - if I only knew what for.

Mystery has its own mysteries, and there are gods above gods. We have ours, they have theirs. That is what's known as infinity.

History is a combination of reality and lies. The reality of History becomes a lie. The unreality of the fable becomes the truth.

The job of the poet (a job which can't be learned) consists of placing those objects of the visible world which have become invisible due to the glue of habit, in an unusual position which strikes the soul and gives them a tragic force.

It was the East that should have sent us missionaries.

It is excruciating to be an unbeliever with a spirit that is deeply religious.