History is the sextant of states which, tossed by wind and current, would be lost in confusion if they could not fix their position.

History is never above the melee. It is not allowed to be neutral, but forced to enlist in every army.

You can never appreciate the scent of a flower by another's description. Some things are left to experience. Journey of self.

A virtue to be serviceable must like gold be alloyed with some commoner but more durable metal.

I've got to make some decisions just like any other player that has ever played this game, that eventually the clock stops, their basketball clock stops.

True science is never speculative; it employs hypotheses as suggesting points for inquiry, but it never adopts the hypotheses as though they were demonstrated propositions.

When you dig a well, there's no sign of water until you reach it, only rocks and dirt to move out of the way. You have removed enough; soon the pure water will flow," said Buddha.

Psychologically speaking, one may say that the hypocrite is too ambitious; not only does he want to appear virtuous before others, he wants to convince himself.

[Armenian] is a rich language, however, and would amply repay any one the trouble of learning it.

Artists are always young.

The simpler we make our lives, the more abundant they become. There is no scarcity except in our souls.

Life, if you live it right, keeps surprising you, and the thing that keeps surprising you the most…is yourself