Self-control is the chief element in self-respect, and respect of self, in turn, is the chief element in courage.

The strong do what they have to do and the weak accept what they have to accept.

The bravest are surely those who have the clearest vision of what is before them, glory and danger alike, and yet notwithstanding go out to meet it.

We must remember that one man is much the same as another, and that he is best who is trained in the severest school.

Most people, in fact, will not take the trouble in finding out the truth, but are much more inclined to accept the first story they hear.

You should punish in the same manner those who commit crimes with those who accuse falsely.

When will there be justice in Athens? There will be justice in Athens when those who are not injured are as outraged as those who are.

We Greeks believe that a man who takes no part in public affairs is not merely lazy, but good for nothing

Love of power, operating through greed and through personal ambition, was the cause of all these evils.

Hope is an expensive commodity. It makes better sense to be prepared.

It is from the greatest dangers that the greatest glory is to be won.

When your identity switch from the personal identity to the eternal self, no fear of death or karmic bondage arise in you.

Surely the Gods did not bring me safe through fire and sea only to kill me with a flux.

You have to go through good times and bad times to get where you're trying to go.

I can't stand being stagnant. Every day is a new opportunity to achieve something, even on a small scale.

People in Sweden talk a lot about the weather - how much we hate it. But Finns get more depressed.

One cannot permit unique opportunities to slip by for the sake of trifles.

I'm an American. We're a people diseased with progress.

At a certain point, you have to convince the actors that you've done the right thing. The way I work, if I can't convince them, I've got to move on. I can't coerce them or browbeat them.

I had a nightmare about being on a cruise ship and the ship going down. It was an arduous process of the ship going down and we knew it was going down. There was everyone I know and love on the ship.

What I really want to do is to write a hilarious farce.