He that fights and runs away, May turn and fight another day; But he that is in battle slain, Will never rise to fight again.

The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the government.

Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty.

Men are more ready to repay an injury than a benefit, because gratitude is a burden and revenge a pleasure

The lust for power, for dominating others, inflames the heart more than any other passion.

If you would know who controls you see who you may not criticise.

In valor there is hope.

When men are full of envy they disparage everything, whether it be good or bad.

Traitors are hated even by those whom they prefer.

The most seditious is the most cowardly.

It belongs to human nature to hate those you have injured.

Nurtured by negative circumstances, braiding raging tornadoes in her hair, she held her head high, wearing her weathered poetry with pride.

A broken mirror is good luck if you want it to be.

Waiting is not always a bad thing

If you are giving a graduate course you don't try to impress the students with oratory, you try to challenge them, get them to question you.

Harris had the egotistical dogmatism of the self-made man who had painfully educated himself without contact with superior brains.

People start to heal the moment they feel heard.

Fear is excitement without the breath.

In the characteristics of the perfected man of the Gita, I do not see any to correspond to physical warfare.

The banker rubs his nose, thinking of his cat stalking something on the lawn.

The worst thing you can try to do is to steer the story once it gets going. You just kind of follow along and see where it goes. That's the fun.