“True strength lies in submission which permits one to dedicate his life, through devotion, to something beyond himself.”
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Every man has his own destiny: the only imperative is to follow it, to accept it, no matter where it leads him.
The worst sin that can be committed against the artist is to take him at his word, to see in his work a fulfillment instead of an horizon.
In expanding the field of knowledge we but increase the horizon of ignorance.
In the attempt to defeat death man has been inevitably obliged to defeat life, for the two are inextricably related. Life moves on to death, and to deny one is to deny the other.