Where philosophy ends, poetry must commence. There should not be a common point of view, a natural manner of thinking which standsin contrast to art and liberal education, or mere living; that is, one should not conceive of a realm of crudeness beyond the boundaries of education. Every conscious link of an organism should not perceive its limits without a feeling for its unity in relation to the whole. For example, philosophy should not only be contrasted to non-philosophy, but also to poetry.

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

Publication is to thinking as childbirth is to the first kiss.

An artist is he for whom the goal and center of life is to form his mind.

He who has religion will speak poetry. But philosophy is the tool with which to seek and discover religion.

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

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