As soon as men decide that all means are permitted to fight an evil, then their good becomes indistinguishable from the evil that they set out to destroy.

Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.

Close by the Rights of Man, at the least set beside them, are the Rights of the Spirit.

Don't get set into one form, adapt it and build your own, and let it grow, be like water.

Everything can be taken from a man or a woman but one thing: the last of human freedoms to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way.

Gravity explains the motions of the planets, but it cannot explain who sets the planets in motion.

Happiness is the settling of the soul into its most appropriate spot.

History is a set of lies agreed upon.

How often I found where I should be going only by setting out for somewhere else.

I do not want the peace which passeth understanding, I want the understanding which bringeth peace.

If everyone demanded peace instead of another television set, then there'd be peace.

If you are not willing to risk the unusual, you will have to settle for the ordinary.

If you deliberately set out to be less than you are capable, you'll be unhappy for the rest of your life.

It is the set of the sails, not the direction of the wind that determines which way we will go.

It is the story that owns and directs us. It is the thing that makes us different from cattle; it is the mark on the face that sets one people apart from their neighbors.

Loneliness adds beauty to life. It puts a special burn on sunsets and makes night air smell better.

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

Some people regard discipline as a chore. For me, it is a kind of order that sets me free to fly.

The last of human freedoms - the ability to chose one's attitude in a given set of circumstances.

The major reason for setting a goal is for what it makes of you to accomplish it. What it makes of you will always be the far greater value than what you get.

There is no passion to be found playing small - in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.

We princes are set as it were upon stages in the sight and view of the world.

When men take up arms to set other men free, there is something sacred and holy in the warfare.

When playing board-games which involve quizzes etc, you will always know the answers to everyone else's set of questions but never your own.

When the enemy is relaxed, make them toil. When full, starve them. When settled, make them move.

Words mean more than what is set down on paper. It takes the human voice to infuse them with deeper meaning.