When people ask me about being Swedish, or if there is something I feel connected to, neoclassicism is the thing I bring up.
By a Carpenter mankind was made, and only by that Carpenter can mankind be remade.
Man's mind is so formed that it is far more susceptible to falsehood than to truth.
It is an unscrupulous intellect that does not pay to antiquity its due reverence.
God has administered to us of the present age, a bitter draught and a harsh physician, on account of our abounding infirmities.
Only a very few can be learned, but all can be Christian, all can be devout, and – I shall boldly add – all can be theologians.
War is delightful to those who have had no experience of it.
If I'm going to fly for more than twenty feet it's generally a good idea to get a stunt guy.
What is a child, monsieur, but the image of two beings, the fruit of two sentiments spontaneously blended?
The hardest lessons to learn are the ones your soul needs most.
I'm a low-tech man in a high-tech world.