The holy man, though he be distressed, does not eat food mixed with wickedness. The lion, though hungry, will not eat what is unclean.
Those who look for reasons to hate miss opportunities to love.
Friendship based solely upon gratitude is like a photograph; with time it fades.
Never can a room look comfortable without books. . . Books ought to be scattered all over the house, even in the passages, in the bedroom, les livres du chevet, everywhere.
My greatest wish is to write in such a manner that all may think they have written it themselves.
One doesn't know one's self what grain one sows, that works on and on, through one and through many lives, transmitted from heart to heart and from lips to lips.
[Written in 1901:] Nothing has been so deplorable for countries as centralization. I am afraid when I see Germany grow so powerful, and centralizing in Berlin; it is the beginning of the end!
No person ever thought too much of Christ.
I'm a reasonable guy, but I've just experienced some very unreasonable things.
As far as those kinds of things, I also played at the concert to call for the release of Nelson Mandela when he was a political prisoner in South Africa. We were celebrating his 70th birthday and calling for his release.
Most people are so busy living they neglect to take the time to ask why.