We do not associate the idea of antiquity with the ocean, nor wonder how it looked a thousand years ago, as we do of the land, for it was equally wild and unfathomable always.
Thou shalt abstain, Renounce, refrain.
The moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves too. Whatever you think you can do, or believe you can do, begin it. Action has magic, power and grace.
You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.
If you want a wise answer, ask a reasonable question.
I have come to the frightening conclusion that I am the decisive element. It is my personal approach that creates the climate. It is my daily mood that makes the weather. . . . In all situations, it is my response that decides whether a crisis is escalated or de-escalated, and a person is humanized or is dehumanized.
Everything is hard before it is easy.
The wicked have told me of things that delight them, but not such things as your law has to tell.
Could anything be absurder than a man? The animal who knows everything about himself--except why he was born and the meaning of his unique existence.
Your joy is your sorrow unmasked.
The victor is not victorious if the vanquished does not consider himself so