There lay between them, separating them, that same terrible line of the unknown and of fear, like the line separating the living from the dead.

Art is not, as the metaphysicians say, the manifestation of some mysterious idea of beauty or God; it is not, as the aesthetical physiologists say, a game in which man lets off his excess of stored-up energy; it is not the expression of man's emotions by external signs; it is not the production of pleasing objects; and, above all, it is not pleasure; but it is a means of union among men, joining them together in the same feelings, and indispensable for the life and progress toward well-being of individuals and of humanity.

Men need only trust in Christ's teaching and obey it, and there will be peace on earth.

Real wisdom is not the knowledge of everything, but the knowledge of which things in life are necessary, which are less necessary, and which are completely unnecessary to know.

My piece of bread only belongs to me when I know that everyone else has a share, and that no one starves while I eat.

Art is a microscope which the artist fixes on the secrets of his soul, and shows to people these secrets which are common to all.

Commit no act that is contrary to love.