Only through suffering do we learn

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.

Preventing war is the work of politicians, establishing peace is the work of educationists.

One good deed is more worth than a thousand brilliant theories. Let us not wait for large opportunities, or for a different kind of work, but do just the things we "find to do" day by day.

When Christians sing about the wrath of God, we are singing about ourselves.

The wheel of fortune that had once raised her so high had taken her into the utter depths.

A comedian is a fellow who finds other comedians too humorous to mention.

A wonderful stream is the River Time As it runs through the realms of Tears With a faultless rhythm and a musical rhyme As it blends with the ocean of Years.

Basketball has consumed me since the age of 7 or 8. I don't know what I would do without it.

The wise person finds enemies more useful than the fool does friends .

I've been feminist for most of my life, it is a constantly evolving idea, not something static.

only when we have a respect for time will we have learned something of the art of living.