Let us not disdain glory too much; nothing is finer, except virtue. The height of happiness would be to unite both in this life.

Forests precede civilizations and deserts follow them.

There is nothing beautiful or sweet or great in life that is not mysterious.

The most disastrous times have produced the greatest minds. The purest metal comes of the most ardent furnace; the most brilliant lightning come of the darkest clouds.

Every institution goes through three stages - utility, privilege, and abuse.

The heart feels, the head compares.

Forests were the first temples of the Divinity, and it is in the forests that men have grasped the first idea of architecture.

Alexander created cities everywhere he passed: I have left dreams everywhere I have trailed my life.

We must not always try to plumb the depths of the human heart; the truths it contains are among those that are best seen in half-light or in perspective.

The original writer is not he who refrains from imitating others, but he who can be imitated by none.

Love decreases when it ceases to increase.

Convictions are more dangerous foes of truth than lies.

Your company culture is the internal foundation on which everything in your business builds.

Integrity - one word that means so much

What lies between where you are and where you want to be sometimes requires traveling through the Twilight Zone.

Spiritual life is like living water that springs up from the very depths of our own spiritual experience. In spiritual life everyone has to drink from his or her own well.

Gorbachev was acutely aware of the [USSR] economic problems, and it was central to all he did. He wanted to change the system in hopes of saving it. In the end he could not.

I love things that age well - things that don't date, that stand the test of time and that become living examples of the absolute best.

Two weeks, maybe three. You never know with psychosomatic injuries You have to take your time with them.

The trappings of lifestyle are often that; traps.

I'm never scared what people are gonna think about music that I make.