Doesn't surprise me that Christ our Lord preferred to live with whores and sinners, seeing I go in for that myself.

It is natural to man to regard himself as the final cause of creation.

We have time enough if we but use it aright

Thus one can observe that those who proclaim piety as their goal and purpose usually turn into hypocrites.

The bad thing is that thinking about thought doesn't help at all; one has to have it from nature so that the good ideas appear before us like free children of God calling to us: Here we are.

Whenever I hear people talking about liberal ideas, I am always astounded that men should love to fool themselves with empty sounds. An idea should never be liberal; it must be vigorous, positive, and without loose ends so that it may fulfill its divine mission and be productive.

The arts are the salt of the earth; as salt relates to food, the arts relate to technology.