There exists a species of transcendental ventriloquism by means of which men can be made to believe that something said on earth comes from Heaven.

To receive applause for works which do not demand all our powers hinders our advance towards a perfecting of our spirit. It usually means that thereafter we stand still.

Men still have to be governed by deception.

With a pen in my hand I have successfully stormed bulwarks from which others armed with sword and excommunication have been repulsed.

If you are going to build something in the air it is always better to build castles than houses of cards.

Be wary of passing the judgment: obscure. To find something obscure poses no difficult, elephants and poodles find many things obscure.