Each year, it is necessary to respire, to take breath again, to revive ourselves at the great living sources that forever keep their eternal freshness. Where can we find them if not at the cradle of our race, on the sacred summits from where descend the Indus and the Ganges....?

Love is strong in its passion; affection is powerful in its gentleness.

The historian's first duties are sacrilege and the mocking of false gods. They are his indispensable instruments for establishing the truth.

He who knows how to be poor knows everything.

Great hearts alone understand how much glory there is in being good.

At its starting point in India, the birthplace of races and religions, the womb of the world.

Achieving a goal is nothing. The getting there is everything.