If France is to be judged, judge her not by the effects of her defeat but by her readiness to sacrifice herself.
I've spent my life cultivating knowledge of myself. But the more I know myself, the more utterly mysterious I become.
There are two questions a man must ask himself: The first is 'Where am I going?' and the second is 'Who will go with me?' If you ever get these questions in the wrong order you are in trouble.
We come to love not by finding the perfect person, but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly.
The best practice is to follow the advice posted on every railroad crossing: Stop. Look. Listen.
To love is to return to a home we never left, to remember who we are.
I think we're always in the process of writing and rewriting the story of our lives, forming our experiences into a narrative that makes sense. Much of that work involves demythologizing family myths and cultural myths - getting free of what we have been told about ourselves.
I have always loved reading, so was interested in the literary world, and took many literary portraits.
There's no way to be prepared for a conversation with someone you don't know about something that means the world to you.
The chaplain of the Senate does not pray for the Senate. He watches the Senate and prays for the country.
It is nice when things end. That is what stories do - they end. It is hard to write endings and it is hard to come to the end of things, but I think when it is done right, it is a very satisfying way to appreciate something.