
Which painting in the Louvre would I save if there were a fire? The one nearest the door of course.

Which painting in the Louvre would I save if there were a fire? The one nearest the door of course.

Clever people seem not to feel the natural pleasure of bewilderment, and are always answering questions when the chief relish of a life is to go on asking them.

Every great decision creates ripples – like a huge boulder dropped in a lake. The ripples merge, rebound off the banks in unforseeable ways. The heavier the decision, the larger the waves, the more uncertain the consequences.
Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something.

Destiny is no matter of chance. It is a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved.

Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily.