Oh, it is easy for the one who stands outside the prison-wall of pain to exhort and teach the one who suffers.

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.

Being Happy is important, not the reason.

Mental strength is something you either have or you haven't.

I'm not worried about walking the streets and looking over my shoulder because of something I might have said.

In my day, we didn't have the cocaine, so we went out and knocked somebody over the head and took the money. But today, all this cocaine and crack, it doesn't give kids a chance.

If we love something similar to ourselves, we endeavor, as far as we can, to bring it about that it should love us in return.

Fedor has no weakness. I have seen so many fights, and even the best fighters in the world have a flaw in their game but I have yet to find one in Fedor Emelianenko.

June in New England is like a lover's dream made tangible.

I want to regain my First Amendment rights.

Just as not all popular albums are wonderful, not all wonderful albums are popular.

A few years ago, I decided I wanted to be home with my family.