Si le grain de blé qui est tombé en terre ne meurt, il reste seul ; mais, s'il meurt, il porte beaucoup de fruit. Celui qui aime sa vie la perdra, et celui qui hait sa vie dans ce monde la conservera pour la vie éternelle.

To read a writer is for me not merely to get an idea of what he says, but to go off with him, and travel in his company.

The wise man is astonished by anything.

The greatest intelligence is precisely the one that suffers the most from its own limitations.