Tame the savageness of man and make gentle the life of this world.

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 cause of every anomaly can be found in woman.

You have the face of a man who gently caresses field flowers and dandelions. And a smile that is like a dagger, cutting the sun in halves.

Sometimes, the only cost to experience an ecstatic moment is a decision

When you are speaking to someone else you are really speaking only to yourself.

Above her like this, he was a warrior god, hot and hard, demanding complete submission.

The more of Heaven we cherish, the less of Earth we covet.

This is the year of Katrina and Iraq. How the war ends is more important than how it began. However you feel about the war, you have to be compassionate and loving towards our troops

God doesn't help those who help themselves; He helps those who can't help themselves!

A perfect poem is impossible. Once it had been written, the world would end. Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal.

Renounce all those material things that you gained by exploiting other human beings.