[The Balkans] produce more history than they can consume.

The positive thinker sees the invisible, feels the intangible, and achieves the impossible.

The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in every difficulty.

Diplomacy is the art of telling people to go to hell in such a way that they ask for directions.

There is nothing government can give you that it hasn't taken from you in the first place.

Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery.

You will never reach your destination if you stop and throw stones at every dog that barks.

Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.

Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.

Fear is a reaction. Courage is a decision.

A nation that forgets its past has no future.

The way of success is the way of continuous pursuit of knowledge.

I hate it that Americans are taught to fear some books and some ideas as though they were diseases.

I do have nightmares. So what? I wouldn’t trade places with any of the f**kers I killed. Am I afraid of Hell? No. I’ve been. It’s worse than advertised but not as bad as imagined. ~ Brandon Hull

Complacency is the deadly enemy of spiritual progress. The contented soul is the stagnant soul.

There is no job feels as lonely as that of a fighter but there is also no bond closer than the one he shares with his corner.

I was hedging my bets by the time I got to college. I was interested in drama and journalism and psychology.

I was never a prisoner to my footballing status.

First you have to do all that you can do, and then you have to learn non-doing. The doing of the non-doing is the greatest doing, and the effort of effortlessness is the greatest effort.

Smells are so powerful and evocative, sometimes stronger than visual cues.