Men who know themselves are no longer fools. They stand on the threshold of the door of Wisdom. wisdom
Thinking in its lower grades, is comparable to paper money, and in its higher forms it is a kind of poetry. money & poetry
The absence of flaw in beauty is itself a flaw. beauty
There is nothing that war has ever achieved that we could not better achieve without it. war
A sublime faith in human imbecility has seldom led those who cherish it astray. faith
Every artist writes his own autobiography. art
There is a very intimate connection between hypnotic phenomena and religion. religion
Pain and death are part of life. To reject them is to reject life itself. death
The romantic embrace can only be compared with music and with prayer. music & romantic
The sun, the moon and the stars would have disappeared long ago... had they happened to be within the reach of predatory human hands. nature
Man lives by imagination. imagination
All the art of living lies in a fine mingling of letting go and holding on. art & life
Jealousy, that dragon which slays love under the pretence of keeping it alive. jealousy
It is on our failures that we base a new and different and better success. success
Dreams are real as long as they last. Can we say more of life? dreams
What we call progress is the exchange of one nuisance for another nuisance. change