"In order to accommodate to change and to the contrast of phenomena, the intellect does not require any shocks and inner upheavals; it is only through such upheavals that the more conservative mind cou…"

"The modern individual is an atom, but an atom with a soul."

"The essence of secrecy is that it is a form of power."

"The secret of beauty is that it is not beautiful enough."

"Modern culture is constantly growing more objective. Its tissues grow more and more out of impersonal energies, and absorb less and less the subjective entirety of the individual."