Theories that go counter to the facts of human nature are foredoomed.

Love cannot live where there is no trust.

When the freedom they wished for most was freedom from responsibility, then Athens ceased to be free and was never free again.

Faith is not belief. Belief is passive. Faith is active.

To rejoice in life, to find the world beautiful ... was a mark of the Greek spirit.

The power of good is shown not by triumphantly conquering evil, but by continuing to resist evil while facing certain defeat.

..,No love cannot leave where there is no trust..,~cupid and psyche..,"Greek mythology of Edith Hamilton

Responsibility is the price every man must pay for freedom.

A people's literature is the great textbook for real knowledge of them. The writings of the day show the quality of the people as no historical reconstruction can.

To be able to be caught up into the world of thought-that is educated.

It is not hard work that is dreary; it is superficial work.

There will come a time in every girl's life when she realizes that your ex-girlfriend wasn't crazy. Actually, she was right (about you).

Success comes to us when we have a burning desire to achieve and we focus our full power on achieving that.

People call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat or a prostitute.

Small men, seeking great wealth or power, have too often and too long turned even the highest levels of public service into mere personal opportunity.

I'm not much into speculation.

Nana used to say whenever you start feeling like the world is taking a bite out of you, bite back by counting your blessings.

People always ask me if I wish I were bigger. I tell them no. I always wanted to be a miniature badass.

Wander here a whole summer, if you can ... Thousands of wild blessings will search you and soak you as if you were a sponge, and the big days will go by uncounted

The book trade invented literary prizes to stimulate sales, not to reward merit.

The toilets at a local police station have been stolen. Police say they have nothing to go on.