Let everyone sweep in front of his own door, and the whole world will be clean.

two souls, alas, are housed within my breast, and each will wrestle for the mastery there.

It is a great pleasure to transport one's-self into the spirit of the times; to see how a wise man has thought before us, and to what a glorious height we have at last carried it.

Art is based on a strong sentiment of religion,--on a profound and mighty earnestness; hence it is so prone to co-operate with religion.

When ideas fail, words come in very handy.

Fools and wise men are equally harmless. It is the half-fools and half-wise that are dangerous.

The new vulcanism is really a daring attempt to connect the present, incomprehensible world to a past, unknown one.