To the man who himself strives earnestly God also lends a helping hand.

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 Lord is the Lord of my life. He gives me hope.

Immigration inevitably involves error and revision. What I imagined it would be, it's not. For better or worse, some mistake is unavoidable.

Watching teething babies is like watching over a thermonuclear reactor-it is best done in shifts, by well-rested people.

Constant companionship is not enjoyable, any more than constant eating. We sit too long at the table of friendship, when we outsit our appetites for each other's thoughts.

To accept an unorthodoxy is always to inherit unresolved contradictions

The military gave me structure and process. That reflects on the way I believe we should handle legislative matters. If we do it that way in any field, the results are usually better.

All that I've learned has faded away.

Right now I'd like all my troubles to stand in front of me in a straight line, and one by one I'd give each a black eye.

I don't want to shove the Bible down someone's throat with my music. That's not my goal.

Polo is like tennis - you literally have to live it.