“Men are more easily governed through their vices than through their virtues.”

When a government is dependent upon bankers for money, they and not the leaders of the government control the situation, since the hand that gives is above the hand that takes. Money has no motherland; financiers are without patriotism and without decency; their sole object is gain.

Variety made the Revolution. Liberty was just a pretext.

There are in the world, two powers. The sword and the spirit. The spirit has always vanquished the sword.

Ability is of little account without opportunity.

It requires more courage to suffer than to die.

Courage is like love, it must have hope for nourishment.

When you have an enemy in your power, deprive him of the means of ever injuring you.

Impossible is the word found only in a fool’s dictionary. Wise people create opportunities for themselves and make everything possible

There is a joy in danger.

History is a set of lies agreed upon.

I know he’s a good general, but is he lucky?

The greatest danger occurs at the moment of victory

History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon.

The world suffers a lot. Not because the violence of bad people. But because of the silence of the good people.

Circumstances-what are circumstances? I make circumstances

Courage isn’t having the strength to go on – it is going on when you don’t have strength.

I’m not sure why writing for others became harder. Probably a reluctance to give away anything you might conceivably use yourself caused a block. I did it, but it remained hard when it had once been easy.

It is easy to sit up and take notice, What is difficult is getting up and taking action.

Let the healing be easier than the hurting.

It’s easier to go down a hill than up it but the view is much better at the top.

Forgiveness is not always easy. At times, it feels more painful than the wound we suffered, to forgive the one that inflicted it. And yet, there is no peace without forgiveness.

History was easy, but I don’t know about the Calculus. It seemed like it was making sense, so that probably means I failed.

It is easier to be a lover than a husband for the simple reason that it is more difficult to be witty every day than to say pretty things from time to time.

I think it’s really easy to be the altruistic hero of your own narrative and story.