There are men who are wanting in the comparative, they as a rule are the most interesting.

A poet is not an apostle; he drives out devils only by the power of the devil.

I would rather be a swineherd, understood by the swine, than a poet misunderstood by men.

To be a teacher does not mean simply to affirm that such a thing is so, or to deliver a lecture, etc.

I have, I believe, the courage to doubt everything; I have, I believe, the courage to fight against everything; but I do not have the courage to acknowledge anything, the courage to possess, to own anything.

A man who as a physical being is always turned toward the outside, thinking that his happiness lies outside him, finally turns inward and discovers that the source is within him.

It is not where we breathe, but where we Love, that we live.