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

It is a law of nature that we defend ourselves from one affection only by means of another.

Every man expects some miracle — either from his mind or from his body or from someone else or from events.

Two dangers constantly threaten the world: order and disorder.

To hit someone means to adopt his point of view.

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

The advantage of the incomprehensible is that it never loses its freshness.