“Great men are meteors designed to burn so that earth may be lighted.”

History is a set of lies agreed upon.

I know he’s a good general, but is he lucky?

The greatest danger occurs at the moment of victory

History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon.

The world suffers a lot. Not because the violence of bad people. But because of the silence of the good people.

Circumstances-what are circumstances? I make circumstances

Courage isn’t having the strength to go on – it is going on when you don’t have strength.

Imagination governs the world.

There are but two powers in the world, the sword and the mind. In the long run the sword is always beaten by the mind

In our time no one has the conception of what is great. It is up to me to show them.

What is the government? Nothing, unless supported by opinion.

Let France have good mothers, and she will have good sons.

A leader is a dealer in hope.

Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.

Throw off your worries when you throw off your clothes at night.

Ordinarily men exercise their memory much more than their judgment.

I, the fiery life of divine wisdom, I ignite the beauty of the plains, I sparkle the water, I burn in the sun, and the moon, and the stars.

The time I burned my guitar it was like a sacrifice. You sacrifice the things you love. I love my guitar.

We don’t burnout because of what we do, we burnout because life makes us forget why we do it.

I guess there’s so much in your absence that kills my soul from the burning wood to ash.

The moon is brighter since the barn burned.

She blooms wild and burns bright.

The Sun, the hearth of affection and life, pours burning love on the delighted earth.

A thousand Dreams within me softly burn: From time to time my heart is like some oak Whose blood runs golden where a branch is torn.