The gods at will can shape a gladder strain, and from the lamentations at the graveside, a song of triumph may arise.

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 logical feebleness of science is not sufficiently borne in mind. It keeps down the weed of superstition, not by logic but by slowly rendering the mental soil unfit for its cultivation.

My body either likes you or it doesn't. And, I trust my body but I can’t assuredly tell you why.

Spider or gum? Spider or gum? I thought quickly trying to come up with a believable excuse when I blurted out, “I swallowed a spider!” What? I swallowed a spider? What the hell is wrong with me?!

True poetry is embarrassing.

A lot of people reject the idea of God as Father if they've had a competitive relationship with their own father.

I'm on a vegan diet, I do yoga every day, I work out, I'm totally spiritual.

But what we call our despair is often only the painful eagerness of unfed hope.

Renewed shall be blade that was broken, The crownless again shall be king.

To some it's a six-pack, to me it's a "support group". Salvation in a can!

It's hard to nap on Saturday or the weekends.