But it is the province of religion, of philosophy, of pure poetry only, to go beyond life, beyond time, into eternity.

We shall find in our troubled hearts, where discord reigns, two needs which seem at variance, but which merge, as I think, in a common source - the love of the true, and the love of the fabulous.

The true God, the mighty God, is the God of ideas.

Of what use is the memory of facts, if not to serve as an example of good or of evil?

Of what use were the arts if they were only the reproduction and the imitation of life?

On the day when man told the story of his life to man, history was born.

Do you not see with your own eyes the chrysalis fact assume by degrees the wings of fiction?

The first among mankind will always be those who make something imperishable out of a sheet of paper, a canvas, a piece of marble, or a few sounds

Only silence is great; all else is weakness.

Fainthearted animals move about in herds. The lion walks alone in the desert. Let the poet always walk thus.

History is a novel for which the people is the author.

You have a beautiful laugh. Like the promise of tomorrow.

We should keep learning so long as we have grace and breathe.

We can only climb the mountains because there’s a valley that makes the mountain a mountain.

The world is so exquisite, with so much love and moral depth, that there is no reason to deceive ourselves with pretty stories for which there's little goodevidence.

The reason there's so much ignorance is that those who have it are so eager to share it.

I speak not of men's creeds—they rest between Man and his Maker.

Revolutions are never peaceful.

Denser cities are smarter and more productive

I'm going to try to keep getting better.

Knowing the right questions is better than having all the right answers.