"Alkan possessed the finest technique he had ever known, but preferred the life of a recluse."

"I have therefore been assiduous in my researches for support and assistance. Beneficent characters have, on all hands…"

"The nations which have been converted to Christianity are in a way like branches which have been grafted upon Judaism…"

"Sous son règne, la France était grande et les Français malheureux."

"Living well in the city is the most important challenge of our time and our generation."

"Every dwelling must have a private outdoor space . . . to have more pleasure, more freedom"

"Most of what exists has a lifespan which can be extended and prolonged."

"Et quand divinement ta voix m’enchaine Je vois s’évanouir tout ma peine Et tout ton être chante et vive en moi."

"[...] the person of Ravaisson himself is like the act, the fulfilment of the thought which, in his written philosophy…"

"Above all, [Félix Ravaisson] was a writer. He expressed himself in broad, flexible, simple and wise phrases, elegant …"