Religion is the idol of the mob it adores everything it does not understand.

Great things are achieved only when we take great risks.

All religions must be tolerated ... every man must go to heaven in his own way. [Die Religionen müssen alle toleriert werden ... denn hier muss ein jeder nach seiner Fasson selig werden.]

The more I see of men, the better I like my dog.

Diplomacy without military might is like music without instruments.

Great advantage is drawn from knowledge of your adversary, and when you know the measure of his intelligence and character, you can use it to play on his weakness.

Every man has a wild beast within him.

A man, who can, in cold blood, hunt and torture a poor, innocent animal, cannot feel much compassion for the distress of his own species.

The greatest and noblest pleasure which we have in this world is to discover new truths, and the next is to shake off old prejudices.

No government can exist without taxation. The money must necessarily be levied on the people; and the grand art consists of levying so as not to oppress.

Many battles have been fought and won by soldiers nourished on beer, and the King does not believe that coffee-drinking soldiers can be relied upon to endure hardships in case of another war.

Fate lies in our hands, its just that we need to be brave enough to read it & desire enough to change it

Bruises from a friend are better than kisses from an enemy.

The last thing a political party gives up is its vocabulary.

If you love love, then love loves you too

You, sir, are a romantic, and I'm afraid the condition is incurable. -Eponymous Clent

How glad the heathens would have been, That worship idols, wood and stone, If they the book God had seen.

Players know how to dribble, shoot and pass. The challenge is to teach them why they should do it a certain way, and when they should do it.

Writing novels is the most exciting

In times of trouble you can count on your self. In times of disaster you can count on your friends. In times of sorrow you can count on your Father.

There is no positive law: Many things are bad by that, which otherwise were not.