Happy is the man who can do only one thing: in doing it he fulfills his destiny.

Words are like eyeglasses they blur everything that they do not make clear.

Monuments are the grappling-irons that bind one generation to another.

The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.

Without the spiritual world the material world is a disheartening enigma.

The best remedy for a short temper is a long walk.

A part of kindness consists in loving people more than they deserve.

We find little in a book but what we put there. But in great books, the mind finds room to put many things.

The evening of life brings with it its lamps.

He who has imagination without learning has wings but no feet.

Close your eyes and you will see.

The wisest man is he who is kind to all, compassionate to many, and rude to none.

I am a writer, period!

Terrorists can only take my life. Only my government can take my freedom.

I've written three books you could think of as memoirs.

In Paris you're always surrounded by French people.

No matter where you find yourself, comport yourself as if you were a distinguished person.

The Gospel must constantly be forwarded to a new address, because the recipient is repeatedly changing his place of residence.

You're killing yourself with cynicism. Your idols got taken away from you one by one and now you have nothing to give your love to.

Call not that man wretched, who whatever else he suffers as to pain inflicted, or pleasure denied, has a child for whom he hopes and on whom he doats.

I've shot films in Africa. I've shot in America - English is not my language.