"The genuine coherence of our ideas does not come from the reasoning that ties them together, but from the spiritual impulse that gives rise to them."

"For the myth of a past golden age, present day humanity substitutes the myth of a future plastic age."

"The imagination is the only place in the universe where it is possible to live."

"Nations and individuals, with rare exceptions, comport themselves with decency only when circumstances permit no other choice."

"Civilization seems to be the invention of a species now extinct."

"Las ideas confusas y los estanques turbios parecen profundos."

"Only the problems of his time seem important to the fool."

"To be authentically modern is, in each and every age, a sign of mediocrity."

"The cultured man has the obligation to be intolerant."

"With God there are only individuals."

"La madurez del espíritu comienza cuando dejamos de sentirnos encargados del mundo."

"Every goal other than God dishonors us."

"An "ideal society" would be the graveyard of human greatness."

"The individual shrinks in proportion as the state grows."

"La autenticidad del sentimiento depende de la claridad de la idea."

"The one who renounces seems weak to the one incapable of renunciation."

"Genuine allegiance to an idea surpasses every psychological or social motivation."

"El filósofo que adopta nociones científicas predeterminó sus conclusiones."

"To think like our contemporaries is a recipe for prosperity and stupidity."

"A happy existence is as much of a model as a virtuous one."

"Violence is not necessary to destroy a civilization. Each civilization dies from indifference toward the unique values which created it."

"Every marriage of an intellectual with the communist party ends in adultery."

"Modern man destroys more when he builds than when he destroys."

"The Biblical prophet doesn't predict the future, but bears witness to the presence of God in history."

"Civilization is a poorly fortified encampment in the midst of rebellious tribes."

"The supreme aristocrat is not the feudal lord in his castle but the contemplative monk in his cell."

"All epochs exhibit the same vices, but not all show the same virtues. In every age there are hovels, but only in some are there palaces."

"Philosophy is a literary genre."

"The study of myths belongs to metaphysics, not to psychology."

"To have opinions is the best way to escape the obligation of thinking."

"God is a nuisance for modern man."

"The Church founders without the ballast of "average Christians.""

"I distrust every idea that doesn't seem obsolete and grotesque to my contemporaries."

"Every solution seems trivial to the one who does not understand the problem."

"Those who proclaim that the noble is despicable end up by proclaiming that the despicable is noble."

"Life is words in action, literature is action in words."

"Is sincerity a virtue by itself? A serial killer has also acted sincerely."

"Enter Love, exit Theory of Love."

"“The child is naked!” said the King. “Which one isn’t?” asked a mother, “Except your own children!”"

"I am finally ready for the world. I hope it’s ready for me."

"If life were enough for vitality, there would be no art."

"An apprentice is a master in dreams. A master is an apprentice even in dreams."

"Alexandre the Great was unable to untie the Gordion Knot. He simply cut it."

"One who doesn’t know law thinks one lives in a jungle. One who knows law knows one lives in a jungle."

"You summarise your struggle for 20 years in 20 minutes and your child will remember 2 sentences, which is good."

"The process of creative discovery is endless. That’s why “holiness” tends to limit mental vitality and progress by freezing a given work (a life guide) in time, no matter how interpretations differ and even change over the years."

"The art of dying is part of the art of living."