Art is a step from what is obvious and well-known toward what is arcane and concealed.

Some of our children are our justifications and some are but our regrets

Desire is half of life, indifference is half of death.

Keep me away from the wisdom which does not cry, the philosophy which does not laugh and the greatness which does not bow before children.

For thought is a bird of space, that in a cage of words may indeed unfold its wings but cannot fly.

A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle.

You shall not dwell in tombs made by the dead for the living.