It is through suffering that learning comes.

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.

The thing about finishing a story is that finishing is really only the beginning.

My new life was unstable and unsure, but each new day was shot through with new possibility.

If there's anyone still present whom I've failed to insult . . . I apologize.

There must be a corps that will battle for righteousness, for there are endless battalions who serve unrighteousness.

It's important to keep life simple, and if I'm traveling, I only can do a couple of things, and those are the things that I'm meant to be doing.

It’s not important how we play. If you have a Ferrari and I have a small car, to beat you in a race I have to break your wheel or put sugar in your tank.

There are only two kinds of coaches - those who have been fired, and those who will be fired.

Children's liberation is the next item on our civil rights shopping list.

When you’re in a startup, the first ten people will determine whether the company succeeds or not.

I will not be ignored.