"If a man is to shed the light of the sun upon other men, he must first of all have it within himself."
- Romain Rolland
"Discussion is impossible with someone who claims not to seek the truth, but already to possess it."
"But perhaps there are in us forces other than mind and heart, other even than the senses - mysterious forces which take hold of us in the moments when the others are asleep; and perhaps it was such fo..."
"The greatest book is not the one whose message engraves itself on the brain, as a telegraphic message engraves itself on the ticker-tape, but the one whose vital impact opens up other viewpoints, and ..."
"Islands of memory begin to rise above the river of his life. At first they are little uncharted islands, rocks just peeping above the surface of the waters. Round about them and behind in the twilight..."
"Everything is music for the born musician."
"No one ever reads a book. He reads himself through books, either to discover or to control himself."
"A hero is a man who does what he can."