Fidelity to meaning alone in translation is a kind of betrayal.

Books have the same enemies as people: fire, humidity, animals, weather, and their own content.

Man's great misfortune is that he has no organ, no kind of eyelid or brake, to mask or block a thought, or all thought, when he wants to.

War: a massacre of people who don't know each other for the profit of people who know each other but don't massacre each other.

A poem is never finished, only abandoned.

Nothing beautiful can be summarized.

The universe is built on a plan the profound symmetry of which is somehow present in the inner structure of our intellect.

A great man is one who leaves others at a loss after he is gone.

Love is being stupid together.

The trouble with our times is that the future is not what it used to be.

Let us enrich ourselves with our mutual differences.

Everyone can understand music which is the universal language of love and kindness.

Dream big! There is no limit to what you can achieve.

The devil will not be fine about your blessing and will make sure that your blessings become your headache

You find God the moment you realize that you don't need to seek God

Vichy proves one thing: if you don't want to know how low your fellow citizens can fall, and crawl, don't lose a war.

Everything will come in due course, if you have the gumption to wait for it.

Most educators would continue to lecture on navigation while the ship is going down.

Dancers today can do anything; the technique is phenomenal. The passion and the meaning to their movement can be another thing.

Even with Extreme, I don't think you have a choice but to sort of have somewhat of an influence of the times.

I've got a lot of stamina and I enjoy people, so having lots of people around doesn't freak me out.