Fail I alone, in words and deeds? Why, all men strive and who succeeds?
None of us will ever accomplish anything excellent or commanding except when he listens to this whisper which is heard by him alone.
You need a whole community to raise a child. I have raised two children, alone.
It is the unknown that excites the ardor of scholars, who, in the known alone, would shrivel up with boredom.
It is true that integrity alone won't make you a leader, but without integrity you will never be one.
Hell [...] is the absence of God and the presence of Time.
Power is responsibility. Don't take advantage. Respect.
With stillness comes the benediction of Peace.
DI Cartwright: The cat is booby trapped? DI Quill: Welcome to my world.
Women were the very devil, at the mercy of their frail strength.
When I say to the moment flying...linger a while-thou art so fair" - Faust
Communists are the last optimists.
Sufism is, in operation, pragmatic.
Das Negative zu tun, ist uns noch auferlegt, das Positive ist uns schon gegeben.
The final forming of a person's character lies in their own hands.
One can be the master of what one does, but never of what one feels.
What we do belongs to what we are; and what we are is what becomes of us.
There are no elements so diverse that they cannot be joined in the heart of a man.
The farther reason looks the greater is the haze in which it loses itself.
It is one thing to praise discipline, and another to submit to it.
The more refined and subtle our minds, the more vulnerable they are.
