Raising children is an uncertain thing; success is reached only after a life of battle and worry.

Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul.

Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.

The wise man belongs to all countries, for the home of a great soul is the whole world.

Everywhere man blames nature and fate yet his fate is mostly but the echo of his character and passion, his mistakes and his weaknesses.

Life unexamined, is not worth living.

Our sins are more easily remembered than our good deeds.

The pride of youth is in strength and beauty, the pride of old age is in discretion.

More men have become great through practice than by nature.

The brave man is not only he who overcomes the enemy, but he who is stronger than pleasures. Some men are masters of cities, but are enslaved to women.

My enemy is not the man who wrongs me, but the man who means to wrong me.

Skill is the bridge between success and great success.

Worldliness is an inner attitude that puts self at the center of life instead of God.

Alternatives and particularly desirable alternatives grow only on imaginary trees.

Only that thing is free which exists by the necessities of its own nature, and is determined in its actions by itself alone.

All nations that are civilized and do not accept this kind of action as representing any sort of legitimate political cause are coming together to fight these terrorists.

I sensed that my life was better when I focused on things that were working as opposed to focusing on the long list that goes wrong, but I wanted to know if there was any validity to that.

Generosity could be as contagious as the zombie plague as long as enough people were willing to be carriers.

When it comes to knowing how to relax, cats are the original yoga experts.

The interesting thing about coaching is that you have to trouble the comfortable, and comfort the troubled

I also think that Germany helped me with my aggressiveness.