Whoever is free from prejudice should be ready to face misunderstanding.

After closely examining my conscience, I venture to state that in my historical novels I intended the content to be just as modern and up-to-date as in the contemporary ones.

Asking the author of historical novels to teach you about history is like expecting the composer of a melody to provide answers about radio transmission.

I should add that it is open to debate whether what we call the writing of history these days is truly scientific.

Ever since my youth it has disturbed me that of the literary works that survived their own epoch, so many dealt with historical rather than contemporary subjects.

There's only a step from the sublime to the ridiculous, but there's no road leading from the ridiculous to the sublime.

An action doesn't have to be wrong just because it is not logical. It doesn't have to be right just because it has its logic.

Like the philosopher, the author views his task as one of establishing a clear connection between life and history, and of making the past bear fruit for the present and future.

What is a historian, anyway? It is someone who uses facts to record the development of humanity.

I have always made an effort to render every detail of my reality with the greatest accuracy; but I have never paid attention to whether my presentation of historical facts was an exact one.

From depicting the past, so goes the suspicion, it is a short step to glorifying the past.

It is time to climb the mountains of our mind

Truth is that which, when fully realized, sets you free from all bondage and all seeking.

Gratitude exclaims, very properly, 'How good of God to give me this.'

You could say anything you wanted to someone you thought you were never going to see again.

The ego urges you to accomplish, while the soul merely asks you to enjoy the process.

Troubles are often the tools by which God fashions us for better things.

If you can just be yourself, then you have to be original because there's no one like you.

Our studies have shown that all cases of typhoid of this type have arisen by contact, that is, carried directly from one person to another. There was no trace of a connection to drinking water.

Talent can't be taught, but it can be awakened.

I am not waiting for a move of God, I am a move of God!