“As soon as histories are properly told there is no more need of romances.”

I am the man, I suffered, I was there.

Every moment of light and dark is a miracle.

Be not ashamed women, You are the gates of the body, and you are the gates of the soul.

I and this mystery, here we stand.

The gift is to the giver, and comes back most to him – it cannot fail.

These are the days that must happen to you.

The road to wisdom is paved with excess. The mark of a true writer is their ability to mystify the familiar and familiarize the strange.

I give you my hand, I give you my love more precious than money, I give you myself before preaching or law; Will you give me yourself?

The art of art is simplicity.

I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journey work of the stars.

The truth is simple. If it was complicated, everyone would understand it.

A woman waits for me, she contains all, nothing lacking.

The habit of giving only enhances the desire to give.

Forsake all inhibitions, Pursue thy dreams.

I hear and behold God in every object, yet understand God not in the least.

The whole purpose of the universe is unerringly aimed at one thing – you.

The history books which contain no lies are extremely tedious.

The three most charismatic leaders in this century inflicted more suffering on the human race than almost any trio in history: Hitler, Stalin, and Mao. What matters is not the leader’s charisma. What matters is the leader’s mission.

Show me that age and country where the rights and liberties of the people were placed on the sole chance of their rulers being good men, without a consequent loss of liberty?

I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.

History was a trash bag of random coincidences torn open in a wind.

To be a successful soldier, you must know history.

Variety made the Revolution. Liberty was just a pretext.

Neither a wise nor a brave man lies down on the tracks of history to wait for the train of the future to run over him.