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

I begin with the principle that all men are bores. Surely no one will prove himself so great a bore as to contradict me in this.

The self-assured believer is a greater sinner in the eyes of God than the troubled disbeliever.

Why I so much prefer autumn to spring is that in the autumn one looks at heaven--in the spring at the earth.

Above all, do not lose your desire to walk.

If anyone on the verge of action should judge himself according to the outcome, he would never begin.

The truth is a snare: you cannot have it, without being caught. You cannot have the truth in such a way that you catch it, but only in such a way that it catches you.