The poor go to war, to fight and die for the delights, riches, and superfluities of others.

I don't need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that much better.

The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.

An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics.

When Demosthenes was asked what was the first part of Oratory, he answered, "Action," and which was the second, he replied, "action," and which was the third, he still answered "Action.

Know how to listen, and you will profit even from those who talk badly.

The real destroyer of the liberties of the people is he who spreads among them bounties, donations and benefits.

Barba non facit philosophum

To make no mistakes is not in the power of man; but from their errors and mistakes the wise and good learn wisdom for the future.

Time is the wisest of all counselors.

No beast is more savage than man when possessed with power answerable to his rage.

If you are possessed by the desire to be useful for God on this earth, He will honor you, you will prosper and your life will be a testimony of success

No man can walk out from his own story.

The President Donald Trump has great difficulty with the truth on many issues.

I paint the cot, As truth will paint it, and as bards will not.

So spake the seraph Abdiel, faithful found; Among the faithless, faithful only he.

Knotty theological questions are the least worrying of problems to me. Why? Because they will be resolved in the hereafter, and meanwhile they can be safely shelved.

The more you reaffirm who you are in Christ, the more your behavior will begin to reflect your true identity.

Remembering from last year how Haymitch's gifts are often timed to send a message, I make a note to myself. Be friends with Finnick. You'll get food.

There is no doubt as to what needs to happen. There has to be a complete rejection of the type of terrorist attacks carried out in India.

People have an overbearing need to project their inward doubt and hatred and emotions onto the outside world.