“Stories happen to those who tell them.”

When one is deprived of ones liberty, one is right in blaming not so much the man who puts the shackles on as the one who had the power to prevent him, but did not use it.

The peoples of the Mediterranean began to emerge from barbarism when they learned to cultivate the olive and the vine.

The strength of an Army lies in strict discipline and undeviating obedience to its officers.

Happiness depends on being free, and freedom depends on being courageous.

Ignorance is bold and knowledge reserved.

I have often before now been convinced that a democracy is incapable of empire.

We must remember that one man is much the same as another, and that he is best who is trained in the severest school.

Peace is an armistice in a war that is continuously going on.

Remember that this greatness was won by men with courage, with knowledge of their duty, and with a sense of honor in action.

Speculation is carried on in safety, but, when it comes to action, fear causes failure.

The bravest are surely those who have the clearest vision of what is before them, glory and danger alike, and yet not withstanding go out to meet it.

I have written my work, not as an essay which is to win the applause of the moment, but as a possession for all time.

He who graduates the harshest school, succeeds.

Contempt for an assailant is best shown by bravery in action.

You should punish in the same manner those who commit crimes with those who accuse falsely.

Mankind apparently find it easier to drive away adversity than to retain prosperity.

You have writers that write about crazy characters, but that doesn’t mean the writer himself is crazy.

I never understood music. It seemed to me to be the maximum amount of noise conveying the minimum amount of information.

I make hip-hop, but use Doom as a character to convey stories that a normal dude can’t.

But because they also convey universal truths about personal self-discovery and self-transcendence, one’s role in society, and the relation between the two.

You’d think that you’d be able to convey more through dialogue.

He knows what he speaks of, what he brings with him and what he promises; and he can convey it to those who know it not.

Because it’s up to the journalist not only to understand what I’m trying to convey, but to convey that understanding through their process.

When a person tells others “Be good,” he conveys to his hearers the feeling that he is good and they are not.