Man created God, not God, man

I offer neither pay, nor quarters, nor food; I offer only hunger, thirst, forced marches, battles and death. Let him who loves his country with his heart, and not merely with his lips, follow me.

Necessity does not submit to debate.

Let him who loves his country in his heart, and not his lips only, follow me.

I insist that men shall have the right to work out their lives in their own way, always allowing to others the right to work out their lives in their own way, too.

A bold onset is half the battle.

Let those only return to their homes who are called by the imperative duties which they owe to their families, and those who by their glorious wounds have deserved the credit of their country.

If these hands, used to fighting, would be acceptable to His Holiness, we most thankfully dedicate them to the service of him who deserves so well of the Church and of the fatherland.

I utter this word with deepest affection and from the very bottom of my heart.

Give me the ready hand rather than the ready tongue.

The priest is the personification of falsehood.

Well, some men learn by listening, some read, some observe and analyze — and some of us just have to pee on the electric fence.

Music is exciting and easy to enjoy, the rhythm and voice.It does not need interpretation. That is why it is called the Universal Language.

The pessimist waits for better times, and expects to keep on waiting; the optimist goes to work with the best that is at hand now, and proceeds to create better times.

This outbreak is moving ahead of efforts to control it.

Happiness is pure kitch; we come into the world to suffer and learn.

The heart is willing, the head is willing but the body's had enough.

Anything easy teaches you nothing! To learn something, have some difficulties!

Being varied is something I do instinctively and naturally. I feel a tremendous sense of accomplishment.

You are afraid of it because it is stronger than you; you hate it because you are afraid of it; you love it because you cannot subdue it to your will. Only the unsubduable can be loved.