Darwin remarks that we are less dazzled by the light at waking, if we have been dreaming of visible objects. Happy are those who have here dreamt of a higher vision! They will the sooner be able to endure the glories of the world to come.

Many books are longer than they seem. They have indeed no end. The boredom that they cause is truly absolute and infinite.

The artist stands on the human being as a statue does on a pedestal.

Love is the final end of the world's history, the Amen of the universe.

It is certain my belief gains quite infinitely the very moment I can convince another mind thereof

The art of writing books is not yet invented. But it is at the point of being invented. Fragments of this nature are literary seeds. There may be many an infertile grain among them: nevertheless, if only some come up!

Doing philosophy is only a threefold or double kind of waking--being awake--consciousness.