I know how men in exile feed on dreams

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.

I can only be me not thee, as far as the eyes can see!

Just because I have shoes on is no sign that I am walking.

Into each dance must be packed the panic and ecstasy of her last moment of life, for underneath was death.

It is very seldom that the same man knows much of science and about the things that were known before science came.

I think anything is possible if you have the mindset and the will and desire to do it and put the time in.

I think leadership is service and there is power in that giving: to help people, to inspire and motivate them to reach their fullest potential.

I have more memories than if I were a thousand years old.

Unhappiness has nothing to teach, and resignation is ugly.

I don't mind being called a weirdo.

The crop always seems better in our neighbor's field, and our neighbor's cow gives more milk.