Set religion free, and a new humanity will begin.

Strictly speaking, the idea of a scientific poem is probably as nonsensical as that of a poetic science.

Poetry should describe itself, and always be simultaneously poetry and the poetry of poetry.

Religion is absolutely unfathomable. Always and everywhere one can dig more deeply into infinities.

Even a friendly conversation which cannot be at any given moment be broken off voluntarily with complete arbitrariness has something illiberal about it. An artist, however, who is able and wants to express himself completely, who keeps nothing to himself and would wish to say everything he knows, is very much to be pitied.

Witty inspirations are the proverbs of the educated.

Whoever does not philosophize for the sake of philosophy, but rather uses philosophy as a means, is a sophist.