“Men willingly believe what they wish.”

What a terrible era in which idiots govern the blind.

If I fail it is only because I have too much pride and ambition.

It is better to create than to learn! Creating is the essence of life.

We have not to fear anything, except fear itself.

Death, a necessary end, will come when it will come.

No one is so brave that he is not disturbed by something unexpected.

What we wish, we readily believe, and what we ourselves think, we imagine others think also.

Men’s minds tend to fear more keenly those things that are absent.

War gives the right to the conquerors to impose any condition they please upon the vanquished.

Which death is preferably to every other? ‘The unexpected’.

I love treason but hate a traitor.

Wine and other luxuries have a tendency to enervate the mind and make men less brave in battle.

I love the name of honor, more than I fear death.

It is easier to find men who will volunteer to die, than to find those who are willing to endure pain with patience.

I am prepared to resort to anything, to submit to anything, for the sake of the commonwealth.

The difference between a republic and an empire is the loyalty of one’s army.

The only basis for living is believing in life, loving it, and applying the whole force of one’s intellect to know it better.

God was finally going to believe in a man both good and strong, but good and strong are still two different men.

Those that think my clothes are androgynous also still believe that women should look like Barbie dolls. That’s precisely the problem, the deep-rooted assumptions about what is feminine.

What you believe, you receive.

If you believe in the project, you have to support it.

It is brave to believe in tomorrow.

I believe every guitar player inherently has something unique about their playing. They just have to identify what makes them different and develop it.

I believe that simple, consistent shifts in our thinking and actions can lead to the miraculous in all aspects of our daily lives, including our relationships, finances, bodies, and self-image.