Plato's philosophy is a dignified preface to future religion.

One of the two is almost always a prevailing tendency of every author: either not to say some things which certainly should be said, or to say many things which did not need to be said. The first is the original sin of synthetic natures, the latter of analytical natures.

Many a witty inspiration is like the surprising reunion of befriended thoughts after a long separation.

Where there is politics or economics, there is no morality.

The genuine priest always feels something higher than compassion.

The historian is a prophet looking backward.

Genius is, to be sure, not a matter of arbitrariness, but rather of freedom, just as wit, love, and faith, which once shall become arts and disciplines. We should demand genius from everybody, without, however, expecting it.