The soul does not give itself up to despair until it has exhausted all illusions.
I'm not in the world to guard my own life, but to guard souls
Sublime upon sublime scarcely presents a contrast, and we need a little rest from everything, even the beautiful.
Genius is rare because the means of becoming one have not been available
If you don't build castles in the air you won't build anything on the ground.
The guilty one is not he who commits the sin, but he who causes the darkness.