Of two men who have no experience of God, he who denies him is perhaps nearer to him than the other.

Power ... is the supreme end for all those who have not understood.

Because no other could do it, he himself went to the greatest possible distance, the infinite distance. This infinite distance between God and God, this supreme tearing apart, this incomparable agony, this marvel of love, is the crucifixion. Nothing can be further from God than that which has been made accursed.

The highest ecstasy is the attention at its fullest.

It is precisely those artists and writers who are most inclined to think of their art as the manifestation of their personality who are in fact the most in bondage to public taste.

The role of the intelligence - that part of us which affirms and denies and formulates opinions is merely to submit.

Nothing is less instructive than a machine.