The water hollows out the stone, not by force but drop by drop.

Constant dripping hollows out a stone.

All religions are equally sublime to the ignorant, useful to the politician, and ridiculous to the philosopher.

Nothing can be created out of nothing.

Too often in time past, religion has brought forth criminal and shameful actions... How many evils has religion caused?

No matter how difficult a task may look.. Persistence and steady action will get you through

What came from the earth returns back to the earth, and the spirit that was sent from heaven, again carried back, is received into the temple of heaven.

The drops of rain make a hole in the stone not by violence but by oft falling.

Only religion can lead to such evil.

For fools admire and love those things they see hidden in verses turned all upside down, and take for truth what sweetly strokes the ears and comes with sound of phrases fine imbued.

From the heart of the fountain of delight rises a jet of bitterness that tortures us among the very flowers.

The way we are living, timorous or bold, will have been our life.

Every age can be enchanting, provided you live within it.

He is a leader among leaders.

Reflectors need to be placed on trees every 50 feet so people can hike at night with flashlights.

Many years ago, I contracted an intimacy with a Mr. William Legrand. He was of an ancient Huguenot family, and had once been wealthy; but a series of misfortunes had reduced him to want.

The caliphate will have been dismantled. It will still be a problem, but that has been our focus because that is the greatest existential threat to U.S. interests.

I have no personal system of philosophy. I never attempt to do that. I am merely a man of letters.

The ways of the mind are ancient, but you are timeless

Selling my soul would be a lot easier if I could just find it.

I inherited a painting and a violin which turned out to be a Rembrandt and a Stradivarius. Unfortunately, Rembrandt made lousy violins and Stradivarius was a terrible painter.