Uprooting is by far the most dangerous of the ills of human society, for it perpetuates itself.

The glossy surface of our civilization hides a real intellectual decadence.

We can only know one thing about God - that he is what we are not. Our wretchedness alone is an image of this. The more we contemplate it, the more we contemplate him.

There are only two things that pierce the human heart. One is beauty. The other is affliction.

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.

If we go down into ourselves, we find that we possess exactly what we desire.

A doctrine serves no purpose in itself, but it is indispensable to have one if only to avoid being deceived by false doctrines.