Suffering brings experience.

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.

With the power of solitude, you can actually take up a decision to invent anything.

Unique individuals with unique ideas are the ones who are going to shift the world to a new enlightenment.

The greatest answer to prayer is that I am brought into a perfect understanding with God and that alters my view of actual things.

One of the most critical reasons believers experience defeat is because we categorize only a few areas of our lives as Christ's arena.

The Great Commission will not be fulfilled with our spare time or spare money.

For what we are about to see next, we must enter quietly into the realm of genius!

[The question for the behavioral disciplines is simply] what is better, and how do we get there?

Who are our enemies? Who are our friends? This is a question of the first importance for the revolution.

You ever go to a restaurant and watch how many families and couples actually talk? No one talks anymore, everybody is in their cellphone, its a distraction.

I believe the U.S. already understands and will understand more and more that only a strong Russia will respond to the genuine interests of the United States.