They could not understand the advantage of living contrary to their inclinations in this world in order to enjoy a hypothetical well-being in another.

He was not oppressed by a crowd because in the midst of all the hullabaloo he always found a quiet place for his soul.

Nations should be governed by a council of learned men who must answer to the people for their actions.

It was a trap after all, ” Alric said. He turned to Royce. “My apologies for doubting your sound paranoia.

We can tell a lot about a woman from her books.

The row was actually about everything in creation, but it had for its subject of the moment the boy's mustache.

There is no way to deter old age from its grim duty, but a life of accomplishments makes up in quality for what it cannot add in quantity.

If I make a wrong decision, I worry what might have been. I stress out over very insignificant things.

Three more saves and he ties John the Baptist.

French is a foreign language, but I've been speaking it since I was 18 so it's second nature to me.

The Way of Heaven does not complete, and yet it skillfully achieves victory. It does not speak, and yet it skillfully responds to things. It comes to you without your invitation.

The reason for my painting large canvases is that I want to be intimate and human.

It’s hard to look in charge when you’re hunched over like Quasimodo.