The liberty of the individual is a necessary postulate of human progress.

Our opinions become fixed at the point where we stop thinking.

I can die when I wish to: that is my elixir of life.

Muslims are the first victims of Islam. To liberate a Muslim from his religion is the best service that one can render him!

Man makes holy what he believes as he makes beautiful what he loves.

Forgetfulness, and I would even say historical error, are essential in the creation of a nation.

A nation is a body of people who have done great things together.

Good humor is a philosophic state of mind; it seems to say to nature that we take her no more seriously than she takes us.

To have common glories in the past, a common will in the present; to have done great things together, to will to do the like again, — such are the essential conditions for the making of a people.

No idea can succeed except at the expense of sacrifice; no one ever escapes without enduring strain from the struggle of life.

To be able to think freely, a man must be certain that no consequence will follow whatever he writes.

I thought you were the loveliest, most enchanting creature God ever created.

The very idea of making shoes by hand boggled her mind.

All instruction is but as a finger pointing to the moon

When I judge art, I take my painting and put it next to a God made object like a tree or flower. If it clashes, it is not art.

Gardening...demands a certain attitude. It is necessary to accept the dynamism of vegetation with serenity.

Everything is possible for an eccentric, especially when he is English.

When I read biographies, I'm only interested in the first few chapters. I'm not interested in when people become successful. I'm interested in what made them successful.

Opinion is a powerful party, bold, and without measure.

The universe is probably littered with one-planet graves

Isolation is the sum total of wretchedness to a man.