Henryk Sienkiewicz

But the French writers always had more originality and independence than others, and that regulator, which elsewhere was religion, long since ceased to exist for them.

The sky is one whole, the water another; and between those two infinities the soul of man is in loneliness.

On an exhausted field, only weeds grow.

Fame is like the dessert that comes with your achievements - it's not an achievement in itself, but sometimes it can overpower the work.

Fertile soil, level plains, easy passage across the mountains, coal, iron, and other metals imbedded in the rocks, and a stimulating climate, all shower their blessings upon man.

The free sharing and teaching of open source is incompatible with the notion of the solitary genius.