The world is the work of a single thought, expressed in a thousand different ways.
One must, in one's life, make a choice between boredom and suffering.
It is not enough to forgive; one must forget.
A Gothic building engenders true religion ... The light, falling through colored glass, the singular forms of the architecture, unite to give a silent image of that infinite mystery which the soul for ever feels, and never comprehends.
Morality must guide calculation, and calculation must guide politics.
The most beautiful landscapes in the world, if they evoke no memory, if they bear no trace of a remarkable event, are uninteresting compared to historic landscapes.