The saying goes that the gods leave a town once it is captured.

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.

One of the characteristics of the dream is that nothing surprises us in it. With no regret, we agree to live in it with strangers, completely cut off from our habits and friends.

Prayer is humbly longing to know the Father’s will.

I have more than 100 legal pads filled with handwriting. Eight novels, two books for children, countless stories and essays.

I waver between a cop-out agnostic and principled atheism

Wearily she went to bed, wearily she arose in four or five hours' time. But with the morning came hope, and a brighter view of things.

We need to unlearn some of our respect for education, since it has undermined our respect for ourselves.

We have a historic system in place since the early part of the last century and this is going to be one of the biggest battles in California if we decide to take it on.

We all know that working out reduces stress, but it's equally true that stressing out reduces work.

Start going the extra mile and opportunity will follow you.

With our mortal minds we should seek from the gods that which becomes us.