ATHENA: You wish to be called righteous rather than act right. [...] I say, wrong must not win by technicalities.

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.

Truth and integrity must be so rare these days that it confuses people when they hear it.

The spirit of light gives birth to the soul of love.

A writer who can't follow submission guidelines is like a pilot without a plane... ain't gonna get very far!

Help young people. Help small guys. Because small guys will be big. Young people will have the seeds you bury in their minds, and when they grow up, they will change the world.

Set your goal and keep moving forward.

For since it is impossible for a created monad to have a physical influence on the inner nature of another, this is the only way in which one can be dependent on another.

You will not find that I ever changed a view or a vote because of any donation that I ever received.

Often turn the stile [correct with care], if you expect to write anything worthy of being read twice. [Lat., Saepe stilum vertas, iterum quae digna legi sint Scripturus.]

I enjoy, and always have enjoyed, disturbing scientists.

I deserved kisses. I deserved to be treated like a piece of meat but also respected for my intellect.