Ernest Renan

The simplest schoolboy is now familiar with truths for which Archimedes would have sacrificed his life.

I can die when I wish to: that is my elixir of life.

To conceive the good, in fact, is not sufficient; it must be made to succeed among men. To accomplish this less pure paths must be followed.

All true language is incomprehensible, like the chatter of a beggar's teeth.

I was raised in the Baptist church... but I didn't really have a real committed experience with Christ until my father died.

A myth is a lie that conceals or reveals a truth. But if it reveals even a strand of history or truth, that's what gets my adrenaline going.