In order that a people may be free, it is necessary that the governed be sages, and those who govern, gods.

Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily.

The reason most people fail instead of succeed is they trade what they want most for what they want at the moment.

Victory is not always winning the battle...but rising every time you fall.

Six hours' sleep for a man, seven for a woman, and eight for a fool.

Moses has revealed the existence of God to his nation. Jesus Christ to the Roman world, Muhammad to the old continent.

If you wish to be a success in the world, promise everything, deliver nothing.

You become strong by defying defeat and by turning loss into gain and failure to success.

Until you spread your wings, you'll have no idea how far you can fly.

To have a right estimate of a man's character, we must see him in misfortune.

The purpose of religion is to keep the poor from killing the rich.

I always come here when I can't sleep [. . .] every night.

...the Climate Research Unit of the University of East Anglia apparently cherry-picked Russian climate data.

Like, according to the old proverb, naturally goes with like.

I live for being with the people I love and to live as happily as possible.

Whatever your calling or purpose is, it's your job to feel it. No gift that you have been given was made for yourself.

Love is a word that some entertain. If you find it you have won the game.

This is a great fact: strength is life; weakness is death. Strength is felicity, life eternal, immortal; weakness is constant strain and misery, weakness is death.

...there is no everyday activity which does not aspire to be photographed, filmed or videotaped. For there is a general desire to be endlessly remembered and endlessly repeatable.

"Jack Reacher" was easy because the function of the villain was just to spread fear and horror.