What shall become of us without any barbarians? Those people were a kind of solution.

And if you can't shape your life the way you want, at least try as much as you can not to degrade it.

When you set out on your journey to Ithaca, pray that the road is long, full of adventure, full of knowledge.

My life has been awaiting you. Your footfall was my own heart's beat.

Have Ithaka always in your mind. Your arrival there is what you are destined for. But don't in the least hurry the journey.

And if you find her poor, Ithaca has not deceived you. Wise as you have become, with so much experience, you must already have understood what these Ithacas mean.

To certain people there comes a day when they must say the great Yes or the great No.

Body, remember not only how much you were loved, not only the beds you lay on, but also those desires glowing openly in eyes that looked at you, trembling for you in voices.

From all I did and all I said let no one try to find out who I was.

One candle is enough. Its gentle light will be more suitable, will be more gracious when the Shades arrive, the Shades of Love.

If you are one of the truly elect, be careful how you attain your eminence.

Our speech is poor interpretation of our perception.

Spring and summer 1942 was probably the worst period of internal terror in Slovakia. It was also the time of mass deportation of Slovak Jews to the extermination camps in Poland.

There are people who have great skills, who do great things, but don't embody the whole animal that is the fight game like I do.

You struggle with your demons and you conquer them.

Spiritual sloth, or acedia, was known as The Sin of the Middle Ages. It's the sin of my middle age, too.

Identity for me is something that has to be played with and explored, and not become complacent about or uninterested in.

Marshall's crime is to pretend to handle imperfect competition with tools only applicable to perfect competition.

I do Yoga. I'd like to say I do it every morning, but I don't, I just don't have the time.

It's better to say nothing than spend 1,000 words or an hour speech saying nothing. Get to the point.

When a husband says, "I run things in my home" he may mean the washing machine, the dishwasher and the vacuum cleaner.