My hand feels touched as well as it touches; reality says this, and nothing more.

It seems to me that the soul, when alone with itself and speaking to itself, uses only a small number of words, none of them extraordinary.

Our judgments judge us, and nothing reveals us, exposes our weaknesses, more ingeniously than the attitude of pronouncing upon our fellows.

A poet's work consists less in seeking words for his ideas than in seeking ideas for his words and predominant rhythms.

Whoever wants to accomplish great things must devote to a lot of profound thought to details.

Serious people have few ideas. People with ideas are never serious.

The purpose of psychology is to give us a completely different idea of the things we know best.