"The difference between the aesthetic and the ethical is that the aesthetic is immediate, while the ethical is a choice."

"The true lover is the one who loves the beloved for what he is, not for what he has."

"My life is an inexplicable contradiction. I am one who has been made to smile by the thought of hanging myself."

"To be a Christian is not to be a Lutheran or a Calvinist, but to be a Christian."

"The good is the only thing that can be done for its own sake."