Противно на предположенията на неговите приятели и най-вече на враговете му, величието не е нещо, което той вярва, че притежава; той го обслужва, знейки, че всъщност то обслужва него. Така и Свети Бернар беше в услуга на Христа – от когото очакваше много... За генерала величието беше преди всичко самота, но самота, в която той не се чувстваше сам.

Juger c'est, de toute évidence ne pas comprendre puisque, si l'on comprenait, on ne pourrait pas juger.

How can one make the best of one’s life? By converting as wide a range of experience as possible into conscious thought.

Often the difference between a successful person and a failure is not one has better abilities or ideas, but the courage that one has to bet on one's ideas, to take a calculated risk - and to act.

People judge what they do not understand

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In a world in which everything is subject to the passing of time, art alone is both subject to time and yet victorious over it.

The men of my race arrive on wingless, eyeless ships.

What is Man? A miserable little pile of secrets.