Yes great people are always subject to persecution and always getting into straits.

Lose not yourself in a far off time, seize the moment that is thine.

When you are not happy with your life, always think that someone is happy simply because you exist

It is difficult to discriminate the voice of truth from amid the clamor raised by heated partisans.

Even the weak become strong when they are united.

Happy he who learns to bear what he cannot change.

Did you think the lion was sleeping because he didn't roar?

Every true genius is bound to be naive.

Keep true to the dreams of your youth.

Mankind is made great or little by its own will.

Art is the daughter of freedom.

We talk so abstractly about poetry because all of us are usually bad poets.

The only monsters I have ever known were men.

If your daily life seems poor do not blame it blame yourself tell yourself that you are not poet enough to call forth its riches.

Thus fear of danger is ten thousand times more terrifying than danger itself when apparent to the eyes ; and we find the burden of anxiety greater, by much, than the evil which we are anxious about.

Obama acknowledges his overreach openly every time he argues that he intends to do the job of an obstinate Republican congress.

Ideas often flash across our minds more complete than we could make them after much labor.

The writing is a joy, so seamless you nearly miss the sheer artistry of the style and the terrific, wry humour.

The unknown is always frightening.

The truth is that when it comes to suffering, if we do not go to our graves in confusion, we will not go to our graves trusting. Explanations are a substitute for trust.

Let the children's laughter remind us how we used to be.