Genius sometimes consists of knowing when to stop.
I might have had trouble saving France in 1946 - I didn't have television then.
Deliberation is the work of many men. Action, of one alone.
In the tumult of great events, solitude was what I hoped for. Now it is what I love. How is it possible to be contented with anything else when one has come face to face with history?
The better I get to know men, the more I find myself loving dogs.
History does not teach fatalism. There are moments when the will of a handful of free men breaks through determinism and opens up new roads.