I look upon all four Gospels as thoroughly genuine, for there shines forth from them the reflected splendor of a sublimity proceeding from Jesus Christ.

He is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home.

One needs only to get old to become milder; I don't see anyone make a mistake I hadn't also made.

There is strong shadow where there is much light.

The mediator of the inexpressible is the work of art.

Error is to truth as sleep is to waking. I have observed that one turns, as if refreshed, from error back to truth.

It is opposition that makes us productive.