Wiles and deceit are female qualities.

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.

I like trees because they seem more resigned to the way they have to live than other things do.

I continue to work on plays, but I've always felt that you could put a note in a bottle and send it offshore, and you'd have as much chance communicating with people.

But when I'm done with the job I can take it off pretty easy, it's like a suit of clothes, put on something else.

I think it would be great if we got along with Russia because we could fight ISIS together, as an example.

The Lord will never abandon you nor forsake you. He will stick with you until His perfect work is complete.

Where I once believed people were there to be used, I started thinking of other people first.

It doesn't help for you to name a character's first name be Mindy and then be like, "I'm nothing like the character."

I am a great believer in planning- economic, social, political, military, total world planning.

Rather than pushing children to think like adults, we might do better to remember that they are great learners and to try harder to be more like them.

I often worry that my idea of personhood is nostalgic, irrational, inaccurate.