Society knows perfectly well how to kill a man and has methods more subtle than death

Sin is whatever obscures the soul

Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you

There is no prejudice that the work of art does not finally overcome

To read a writer is for me not merely to get an idea of what he says, but to go off with him and travel in his company

Life never presents us with anything which may not be looked upon as a fresh starting point, no less than as a termination

To what a degree the same past can leave different marks - and especially admit of different interpretations

Everything has been said before, but since nobody listens we have to keep going back and beginning all over again

The greatest intelligence is precisely the one that suffers most from its own limitations

Families, I hate you! Shut-in homes, closed doors, jealous possessors of happiness