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

In the ancients, one sees the accomplished letter of entire poetry: in the moderns, one has the presentiment of the spirit in becoming.

One can only become a philosopher, but not be one. As one believes he is a philosopher, he stops being one.

Ideas are infinite, original, and lively divine thoughts.

When ideas become gods, consciousness of harmony becomes devotion, humility, and hope.

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

God is each truly and exalted thing, therefore the individual himself to the highest degree. But are not nature and the world individuals?