Finding the truth, that is, approaching the truth, would not be so difficult if we were less cowardly. In many cases we dare not know what is true.
Lost illusions are found truths.
There is only one evil, one crime, one sin: lack of heart.
Seen from the moon we are all the same.
There is nothing more poetic than the truth. He who does not see poetry in it will always be a poor versifier outside of it.
Perhaps nothing is entirely true, not even this.
It is unfair of a circle to accuse the corner of being sharp.
Two left gloves don’t make a pair of gloves. Two half-truths don’t make a truth.
Principles are things which one calls upon to avoid something unpleasant.
One must live all, e’en if life be hell: Crime makes shame, not monetary stricture.
Endeavour-with most diligent labour, O aspiring artist! – to master content. The form will rise to meet you.
Immortality without eternity is a rope with only one end.
The pearl diver is not afraid of the mud.
