When a man's willing and eager the god's join in.

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.

Living in the present moment is the recurring baptism of the soul, forever purifying every new day with a new you.

The Devil loved watching children pour down the front steps of the high school like lava from a volcano. Trolling for souls. He posed in one of his favorite guises today, a school bus driver.

Poverty would always exist when we allow injustices to speak.

I am very romantic. Given a choice, I'd do only romantic films!

When we focus on others, our world expands.

I love writing dialogue, and I think a lot of my writing is visual and very cinematic.

I know that I will not die until my time comes.

Sometimes I just play the theme from Arthur. It reminds me of my childhood in New York and I just love it.

In Fall Out Boy, I noticed that I wasn't putting all that much soul into it. It was just kind of screaming, I guess. I was just dying to get out of there!

The minute you don't want power, you'll have more than you ever dreamed possible.