There are a great deal of a great many kinds of love.

The stability and peace which seemed to be so firmly established by the brilliant monarchy of Francis I vanished with the terrible outbreak of the Wars of Religion.

Perhaps of all the creations of man language is the most astonishing.

It is probably always disastrous not to be a poet.

Human beings are too important to be treated as mere symptoms of the past. They have a value which is independent of any temporal process──which is eternal, and must be felt for its own sake.

There is something dark and wintry about the atmosphere of the later Middle Ages.

Ignorance is the first requisite of the historian - ignorance, which simplifies and clarifies, which selects and omits, with a placid perfection unattainable by the highest art.

Perhaps the best test of a man's intelligence is his capacity for making a summary.

Englishmen have always loved Moliere.

Discretion is not the better part of biography.

The genius of the French language, descended from its single Latin stock, has triumphed most in the contrary direction - in simplicity, in unity, in clarity, and in restraint.

Forging fake smiles to hide painful truths doesn't take away the hurt, but sometimes safeguards our emotions from those adamant not to understand.

My success lies in having achieved a record numbers of failures.

Don't pray for lighter burdens, but for stronger backs.

Modern broad-mindedness benefits the rich; and benefits nobody else.

We must have strong minds, ready to accept facts as they are.

My favorite part of any project is the preparation. It's where you get to meet the people, the experts.

They wasn't gonna give you nothin'. I didn't care as long as they let me play my music. Cash on the spot... You cheat me and I'm gonna get me some money, too.

A shout that tore hell's concave, and beyond / Frightened the reign of Chaos and old Night.

The only rule I have found to have any validity in writing is not to bore yourself.

The impermanent, which is the body, is given too much importance. The permanent, which is the Atman, is completely forgotten. This should change.