I wondered whether the scientific modern brain could not get to the stage of realising that Space is not an empty homogeneous medium, but full of intricate differences, intelligible and real, though not with our common reality.

That is the supreme value of history. The study of it is the best guarantee against repeating it.

The robe of flesh wears thin, and with the years God shines through all things.

Our sufferings have taught us that no nation is sufficient unto itself, and that our prosperity depends in the long run, not upon the failures of our neighbors but their successes.

It struck me that Albania was the sort of place that might keep a man from yawning.

It's a great life, if you don't weaken.

There may be peace without joy, and joy without peace, but the two combined make happiness.