“Be original. That’s all that matters........Take inspiration from others, but always make something new.”

“We are like dwarfs standing on the shoulders of giants; thanks to them, we see farther than they. Busying ourselves with the treatises written by the ancients, we take their choice thoughts, buried by age and human neglect, and we raise them, as it were from death to renewed life." -Peter of Blois (d. 1212).”

“Human life without knowledge of history is nothing other than a perpetual childhood, nay, a permanent obscurity and darkness. -Philip Melanchthon”

“Life is like a landscape. You live in the midst of it, but can describe it only from the vantage point of distance.”

“In the middle of life, death comesto take your measurements. The visitis forgotten and life goes on. But the suitis being sewn on the sly.”

“What is wrong with being a devout follower? Is it not acceptable to be sad and alone, if you remain loyal and obedient?”

“The beauty of melancholy cannot be attained by looking. You must embrace the terror it breeds. Then you will be pleased.”