The type of human being we prefer reveals the contours of our heart.
Life is fired at us point blank.
He who wishes to teach us a truth should not tell it to us, but simply suggest it with a brief gesture, a gesture which starts an ideal trajectory in the air along which we glide until we find ourselves at the feet of the new truth.
The metaphor is probably the most fertile power possessed by man
Barbarism is the absence of standards to which appeal can be made.
Better beware of notions like genius and inspiration; they are a sort of magic wand and should be used sparingly by anybody who wants to see things clearly.