Everyone, to those weaker than themselves, is kind.

He who learns must suffer. And even in our sleep pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart, and in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom to us by the awful grace of God.

In war, truth is the first casualty.

Happiness is a choice that requires effort at times.

There is no pain so great as the memory of joy in present grief.

Zeus, first cause, prime mover; for what thing without Zeus is done among mortals?

It is an easy thing for one whose foot is on the outside of calamity to give advice and to rebuke the sufferer.

Better to die on your feet than live on your knees.

The air is Zeus, Zeus earth, and Zeus the heaven, Zeus all that is, and what transcends them all.

For there is no defense for a man who, in the excess of his wealth, has kicked the great altar of Justice out of sight.

By polluting clear water with slime you will never find good drinking water.

From the scientific view, the theory of karma may be a metaphysical assumption -- but it is no more so than the assumption that all of life is material and originated out of pure chance

Pain and beauty, our constant bedfellows

Society wants to believe it can identify evil people, or bad or harmful people, but it's not practical. There are no stereotypes.

The most beautiful adventures are not those we go to seek.

My heart keeps begging me for a reason to keep beating, but I'm running out of lies to tell it

Real love when it comes, it doesn't look like anything you'd expect.

It's so interesting that the romantic side of my life comes from my father, who I really didn't even know that well.

It's just not easy enough to say that I pray and God will accomplish.

There is no connection between I myself yesterday and I myself in this moment

Sometimes, people aren't as consciously aware of their decisions as they should be.