I pray for no more youth To perish before its prime; That Revenge and iron-heated War May fade with all that has gone before Into the night of time.

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.

Be conscious of your pleasantness.

If you remember the ‘90s, you weren’t there.

The goal of higher education should be to champion the airing of all honest viewpoints. Nothing less is acceptable.

I am highly favored by God, I experience great victories, supernatural turnarounds, and miraculous breakthroughs in the midst of great impossibilities.

The population problem has no technical solution; it requires a fundamental extension in morality.

Everything is more beautiful because we're doomed. You will never be lovelier than you are now. We will never be here again.

For sure I once thought of myself as the poet who would save the ordinary from oblivion.

I alone know I am wise because I alone know I know nothing.

I can't tell you how important it was for us to be successful in japan.

The only true failure is failure to try.