Each nationality contains its centre of happiness within itself, as a bullet the centre of gravity.

Without inspiration the best powers of the mind remain dormant. There is a fuel in us which needs to be ignited with sparks.

To think what is true, to sense what is beautiful and to want what is good, hereby the spirit finds purpose of a life in reason.

A poet is the creator of the nation around him, he gives them a world to see and has their souls in his hand to lead them to that world.

Those that embrace the entire universe with love, for the most part love nothing, but their narrow selves.

We live in a world we ourselves create.

Touch not the flute when drums are sounding around; when fools have the word, the wise will be silent.

What destiny sends, bear! Whoever perseveres will be crowned.

Brave is the lion tamer, brave is the world subduer, but braver is the one who has subdued himself.

All our science calculates with abstracted individual external marks, which do not touch the inner existence of any single thing

What of us lies in the hearts of others is our truest and deepest self.

I think of a hero as someone who understands the degree of responsibility that comes with his freedom.

Through our expectations, we violently expand and try to fill the world with our proofs of worth.

Only smart warrior decides which battle to fight first, and when.

Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts perhaps the fear of a loss of power.

It's always great to have a great mascara that makes your lashes look thick and full. That's a definite must have.

Nobody teaches life anything.

The spirit of graft and of lawlessness is the American spirit.

Renunciation means absence of hankering after fruit.

I'm completely fascinated with American politics because I think they dictate the politics of every nation of the Western world. So, it's very interesting to follow what's going on over here.

A solitary, unused to speaking of what he sees and feels, has mental experiences which are at once more intense and less articulate than those of a gregarious man.