As the ancient commander addressed his soldiers before battle, so should the moralist speak to men in the struggle of the era.

Whoever has not arrived at the clear insight that there might be greatness entirely outside his own sphere for which he has no understanding, whoever does not have at least a dim inkling in which area of the human spirit this greatness might be situated: he is within his own sphere either without genius, or he has not educated himself up to the point of the classical attitude.

Man is free whenever he produces or manifests God, and through this he becomes immortal.

Those works whose ideal has not as much living reality and, as it were, personality as the beloved one or a friend had better remain unwritten. They would at least never become works of art.

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

The following are the universally fundamental laws of literary communication: 1. one must have something to communicate; 2. one must have someone to whom to communicate it; 3. one must really communicate it, not merely express it for oneself alone. Otherwise it would be more to the point to remain silent.

Wit as an instrument of revenge is as infamous as art is as a means of sensual titillation.