Never did Christ utter a single word attesting to a personal resurrection and a life beyond the grave.

If there was a reason why he preferred the liberal tendency to the conservative one (also held to by many of his circle), it was not because he found the liberal tendency more sensible, but it more closely suited his manner of life.

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.

If you want to be happy, be.

Those whom God wishes to destroy he drives mad.

Music makes me forget myself, my true condition, it carries me off into another state of being, one that isn't my own.

Loving the same man or woman all your life, why, that's like supposing the same candle could last you all your life