There are two atheisms of which one is a purification of the notion of God.

A work of art has an author and yet, when it is perfect, it has something which is anonymous about it.

Absolutely unmixed attention is prayer.

The world is God's language to us.

Just as a person who is always asserting that he is too good-natured is the very one from whom to expect, on some occasion, the coldest and most unconcerned cruelty, so when any group sees itself as the bearer of civilization this very belief will betray it into behaving barbarously at the first opportunity.

The joy of learning is as indispensable in study as breathing is in running.

Every time that I think of the crucifixion of Christ, I commit the sin of envy.