Real genius is nothing else but the supernatural virtue of humility in the domain of thought.

We possess nothing in the world - a mere chance can strip us of everything - except the power to say 'I.

Just as the power of the sun is the only force in the natural universe that causes a plant to grow against gravity, so the grace of God is the only force in the spiritual universe that causes a person to grow against the gravity of their own ego.

The only great spirit of our time.

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

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.

We do not obtain the most precious gifts by going in search of them but by waiting for them.