Човек отстъпва назад, за да може по-добре да скочи. - Romain Rolland

If there is one place on the face of the earth where all the dreams of living men have found a home from the very earliest days when man began the dream of existence, it is India. … For more than 30 centuries, the tree of vision, with all its thousand branches and their millions of twigs, has sprung from this torrid land, the burning womb of the Gods. It renews itself tirelessly showing no signs of decay.

Սարսափելի բան են կյանքում այն մարդիկ, որոնք ոչինչ են: Որպես օդի մեջ նետած մի ծանրություն՝ նրանք ձգտում են ընկնելու, անպայման պետք է ընկնեն, և ընկնելով, իրենց հետ քարշ են տալիս այն ամենը, ինչ բախտը կապել է նրանց հետ:

But did he then love God, or was it only the music, as an impudent priest said to him one day in jest, without thinking of the unhappiness which his quip might cause in him? Anybody else would not have paid any attention to it, and would not have changed his mode of living — (so many people put up with not knowing what they think!) But Christophe was cursed with an awkward need for sincerity, which filled him with scruples at every turn. And when scruples came to him they possessed him forever.