Courage, above all things, is the first quality of a warrior.

Love make us poets, and the approach of death should make us philosophers.

All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom; justice; honor; duty; mercy; hope.

Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.

The greatest power we have is the power of choice.

Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice.

Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change.

What's real and what's true aren't necessarily the same.

All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream.

Empty your cup so that it may be filled; become devoid to gain totality.

If a man could have half of his wishes, he would double his troubles.

And this sensitivity will create new friendships for you - friendships with trees, with birds, with animals, with mountains, with rivers, with oceans, with stars. Life becomes richer as love grows.

All imperfection is easier to tolerate if served up in small doses.

Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.

No man has any natural authority over his fellow men.

I have already joined myself in marriage to a husband, namely the kingdom of England.

Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.

The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and to get up eight times.

The very essence of instinct is that it's followed independently of reason.

Science may set limits to knowledge, but should not set limits to imagination.

Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that.