The act of evil breeds others to follow, young sins in its own likeness.

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.

Sugar and caffeine. My willpower crumbled.

My belief in a day of reckoning keeps me on the straight and narrow.

‎"To Parlin's mind, nothing showed affection like a hunk of something dead and bleeding on the table.

Eating meat is not your personal decision, any more than, you know, whether somebody beats their child is their personal decision.

The worlds of folklore and religion were so mingled in early twentieth venture German culture that even families who didn't go to church were often deeply Christian.

Anything you build on a large scale or with intense passion invites chaos.

Peace at home is peace in the country. Peace in the country is peace in the world.

The biggest obstacle that you can have is all inside your head, so I try every day to be optimistic and keep dreaming about great things!

Consciousness ... is the phenomenon whereby the universe's very existence is made known.

I've only been to Ireland once, and I felt I would wake up with voices in my head, almost like music, and that if I were a songwriter, I would be very inspired.