He is really not so ugly after all, provided, of course, that one shuts one's eyes, and does not look at him.

I never approve, or disapprove, of anything now. It is an absurd attitude to take towards life. We are not sent into the world to air our moral prejudices. I never take any notice of what common people say, and I never interfere with what charming people do. If a personality fascinates me, whatever mode of expression that personality selects is absolutely delightful to me.

That is what the highest criticism really is, the record of one's own soul. It is more fascinating than history, as it is concerned simply with oneself. It is more delightful than philosophy, as its subject is concrete and not abstract, real and not vague. It is the only civilized form of autobiography.

The way of paradoxes is the way of truth. To test Reality we must see it on the tight-rope.

The moment you think you understand a great work of art, it's dead for you.

The note of the perfect personality is not rebellion, but peace.

The problem with the common person is that he is so unbearably common!