His resolve is not to seem the bravest, but to be.

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.

Truth is not something outside to be discovered, it is something inside to be realized.

Don’t ask for miracles. You are the living embodiment of all the miracles in the world.

Think of your passions as you do food, water, shelter...a necessity. If someone told you to give them up, would you listen?

You must learn to control your dreams or your dreams will forever control you.

When I moved, I unearthed the diaries I kept for ten years. I sat and went through them and they were a worthless burden to own. People will say it's tragic I threw them out, but I know it isn't.

People cheer on tyrants for fear of becoming targets.

Nobody can count Shane Mosley out. He is a good, good fighter, especially when he fights an aggressive opponent like Manny Pacquiao.

If you have really attained wholeness, everything will flock to you.

God will facilitate, but He will not force.

I think it's very repressive for a woman to be constantly told that she has to make films about women to better represent women, but then the reverse is not found.