When a man dies, flesh is frayed and broken in the fire, but not his will.

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.

Write until it becomes as natural as breathing, write until not writing makes you anxious.

The very best kind of Saddam Hussein is the very dead kind.

Being a king, emperor, or president is mighty small potatoes compared to being a mother.

I think if people value democracy, they had damn well better get out and exercise their right to vote while their vote still means something.

YouTube is becoming much more than an entertainment destination.

Sweet Christ, you must know that a man will go further for any poem than for any woman ever born.

We are free only if we face the challenge of freedom, do the work of freedom, fight the fight of freedom and die the death for freedom.

You have to stop worrying about looking foolish, 'cause fear of being humiliated really limits you.

In the Old Testament, it says that if you have the power to do something good, then you have to do it. You're not to avoid helping somebody in their time of need.

That's the way the system works. Sometimes you get the bear, sometimes the bear gets you.