Prussia is great because her people are intelligent. They know the alphabet. The alphabet is conquering the world.

Every great crisis of human history is a pass of Thermopylae, and there is always a Leonidas and his three hundred to die in it, if they can not conquer.

It is not the ship so much as the skillful sailing that assures the prosperous voyage.

Happiness lies, first of all, in health.

A man's country is not a certain area of land, of mountains, rivers, and woods, but it is a principle and patriotism is loyalty to that principle.

The new year begins in a snow-storm of white vows.

I walked beside the evening sea And dreamed a dream that could not be; The waves that plunged along the shore Said only: "Dreamer, dream no more!"

Life is a rich strain of music, suggesting a realm too fair to be.

Age is a matter of feeling, not of years.

Books are the ever burning lamps of accumulated wisdom.

Stratagem is the right hand of cunning.

Fear punches holes in your eyes so that you don't see the future clearly. Faith enlarges your vision to behold your destiny.

Those who loves you they do not die with you but they do all that you die to live.And Those who do not love you do not kill you physically but they do all that you wait to die

The knowledge that something remains yet unenjoyed impairs our enjoyment of the good before us.

A jazz musician is a juggler who uses harmonies instead of oranges.

Taking charge of your own learning is a part of taking charge of your life, which is the sine qua non in becoming an integrated person.

The unconscious mind has a habit of asserting itself in the afternoon.

Be observing constantly. Stay open-minded. Be eager to learn and improve.

Writing is physical for me. I always have the sense that the words are coming out of my body, not just my mind.

By my definition, prayer is consciously hanging out with God. Being with God in a deliberate way.

When a management with reputation for brilliance gets hooked up with a business with a reputation for bad economics, it's the reputation of the business that remains intact.