It is not the oath that makes us believe the man, but the man the oath.

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.

Fathers, your are the head and strength of the family unit. If you are not in place, there is a weakness in the link.

Liberty is not the power of doing what we like, but the right to do what we ought.

When I write songs, I try to write in a way to reach as many people as I can, to be a lighthouse versus a flashlight.

Sometimes everything has to be inscribed across the heavens so you can find the one line already written inside you.

The fans like the idea we do what we want. It's not an act. Screw the record company and the beaten path. Without MTV or radio, we still have a huge underground following.

Government rules the present. Literature rules the future.

Freedom of worship, even of public speech, would become a farce if interference became the order of the day.

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.

My ultimate joy and happiness is being a wife and mother.