Anatole France

"The human brain is a museum of wonders."

"A book is a dream that you can hold in your hand."

"The appetite for admiration is the last appetite to be satisfied."

"Lack of money is the root of all evil."

"There is nothing more powerful than truth."

"The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting."

"Existence is not an illusion, but neither is it what we think it to be."

"The greatest weakness of all is the fear of appearing weak."

"To live without philosophy is like sailing without a compass."

"History is an account mostly false of events unimportant which are brought about by rulers mostly knaves."

"Every act of creation is first an act of destruction."

"The virtuous man contents himself with dreaming that which the wicked man does in actual life."

"Kindness is the only investment that never fails."

"The greatest of all powers is often a patient waiting."

"Peace will come to the world when the power of love overcomes the love of power."

"In science there are no shortcuts to truth."

"The mind is like a parachute—it works better when it's open."

"Solitude is fine, but you need someone to tell that solitude is fine."

"The only certainty is that nothing is certain."

"Work is the refuge of people who have nothing better to do."

"Dreams are the royal road to the unconscious."

"The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise."

"Money is a sort of instinct."

"Health is the greatest wealth."

"The world has more need of the than of me."

"To write is to have thoughts; to speak is to have words."

"Life would be tolerable but for its amusements."

"The more one owns, the more one is owned."

"Inspiration is the act of drawing the chair and the desk nearer to one another."

"We tolerate shapes in human beings that would horrify us if we saw them in a horse."