“Only he who attempts the absurd is capable of achieving the impossible.”

“The skeptic does not mean him who doubts, but him who investigates or researches, as opposed to him who asserts and thinks that he has found.”

“Those who believe that they believe in God, but without passion in their hearts, without anguish in mind, without uncertainty, without doubt, without an element of despair even in their consolation, believe only in the God idea, not God Himself.”

“A lot of good arguments are spoiled by some fool who knows what they're talking about.”

“The vanity of the passing world and love are the two fundamental and heart-penetrating notes of true poetry. And they are two notes of which neither can be sounded without causing the other to vibrate. The feeling of the vanity of the passing world kindles love in us, the only thing that triumphs over the vain and transitory, the only thing that fills life again and eternalizes it.”

“If a person never contradicts himself, it must be that he says nothing.”

“- ¿Pero ahora se le ocurre comprar perro, señorito?- No lo he comprado, Domingo; este perro no es esclavo, sino que es libre; lo he encontrado.- Vamos, si, es expósito.- Todos somos expósitos, Domingo”