All thinking of the religious man is etymological, a reduction of all concepts to the original intuition, to the characteristic.

A good preface must be the root and the square of the book at the same time.

Art and works of art do not make an artist; sense and enthusiasm and instinct do.

Wit is absolutely sociable spirit or aphoristic genius.

I can no longer say my love and your love; they are both alike in their perfect mutuality.

Poetry and philosophy are, according to how you take them, different spheres, different forms, or factors of religion. Try to really combine both, and you will have nothing but religion.

The German national character is a favorite subject of character experts, probably because the less mature a nation, the more she is an object of criticism and not of history.