In the long history of humankind (and animal kind, too) those who learned to collaborate and improvise most effectively have prevailed

No passion in the world is equal to the passion to alter someone else's draft.

Being a hero is about the shortest-lived profession on earth.

You never know when a moment and afew sincere words can have an impact on a life.

Life has its own hidden forces which you can only discover by living.

Everyone seems to have a clear idea of how other people should lead their lives, but none about his or her own.

First, then, God, being all-just, wishes to do justice; being all-wise, knows what justice is; being all-powerful, can do justice. Why then injustice?

The highest manifestation of strength is to keep ourselves calm and on our own feet.

One of the saddest things in life, is the things one remembers.

Consistency is contrary to nature, contrary to life. The only completely consistent people are the dead.

You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.

History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce.

Open your eyes, look within. Are you satisfied with the life you're living?

Old age, especially an honoured old age, has so great authority, that this is of more value than all the pleasures of youth.

Im not in this world to live up to your expectations and youre not in this world to live up to mine.

Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.

There's place and means for every man alive.

We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are.

Sometimes you have to be apart from people you love, but that doesn't make you love them any less. Sometimes you love them more.

The great mistake is to anticipate the outcome of the engagement; you ought not to be thinking of whether it ends in victory or defeat. Let nature take its course, and your tools will strike at the right moment.

I have no idea what's awaiting me, or what will happen when this all ends. For the moment I know this: there are sick people and they need curing.