I have a high art, I hurt with cruelty those who would damage me.

We don't rise to the level of our expectations, we fall to the level of our training.

The Fox knows many things-the hedgehog one big one.

Zeus, the father of the Olympic Gods, turned mid-day into night, hiding the light of the dazzling Sun; and sore fear came upon men.

Be brave, my heart. Plant your feet and square your shoulders to the enemy. Meet him among the man-killing spears. Hold your ground. In victory, do not brag; in defeat, do not weep.

And by a prudent flight and cunning save A life which valour could not, from the grave. A better buckler I can soon regain, But who can get another life again?

Take the joy and bear the sorrow, looking past your hopes and fears: learn to recognize the measured dance that orders all our years.

Let who will boast their courage in the field, I find but little safety from my shield, Nature's, not honour's law we must obey: This made me cast my useless shield away.

Old women should not seek to be perfumed.

Nothing can be sworn impossible since Zeus made night during mid-day, hiding the light of the shining Sun.

I have a high art: I hurt with cruelty those who would wound me.

The global economy is a doomsday machine that must be stopped and reprogrammed.

Peace, above all things, is to be desired, but blood must sometimes be spilled to obtain it on equable and lasting terms.

I went to an all-girls school for part of high school, and the idea of boys was amazing to me, like, all I ever wanted to do was kiss boys and be around boys.

When the Christian doesn't find joy on account of his happenings, he can always find joy in spite of them.

Dreams do come true, even for someone who couldn't speak English and never had a music lesson or much of an education.

Some people, every now and then, simply had to have One Too Many, go drifty voiced and slouch mouthed, swimming willfully around in their own sadness as if it were hot springs.

When you first fall in love, it's supposed to be awful. Awful, uncertain, scary, wonderful, confusing, all at once. That's how you know it's real. You have to care deeply. Passionately. That hurts.

Nothing kinder than strangers. Nothing stranger than kindness.

I have a roof over my head. I had a breakfast, and a lot of people in the world can't say that. I'm not going to complain about being interviewed.

Your first duty to God, to yourself, and to the world is to make yourself as great a personality, in every way, as you possibly can.