What is there more kindly than the feeling between host and guest?

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.

How they had dreamed together, he and she... how they had planned, and laughed, and loved. They had lived for a while in the very heart of poetry.

What you wish to be, be.

Do not let your assumptions about a culture block your ability to perceive the individual, or you will fail.

An institution rooted in slavery cannot be the voice of our people.

A map says to you. Read me carefully, follow me closely, doubt me not... I am the earth in the palm of your hand.

Character is like my fingerprint; it identifies me from everyone else in the world. It says who I am and where I am headed.

There are patterns which emerge in one's life, circling and returning anew, an endless variation of a theme

You're letting go of having the best possible experience you can have regardless of who you are and where you are. I think that can be applied to all things, but it's easier said than done.

I'm getting too old to play some parts, but I'm still greedy

I play baseball and I like to read. What makes that odd?