“Stories happen to those who tell them.”

The secret of happiness is freedom and the secret of freedom is courage.

It is useless to attack men who could not be controlled even if conquered, while failure would leave us in an even worse position.

We Greeks believe that a man who takes no part in public affairs is not merely lazy, but good for nothing.

knowing the secret of happiness to be freedom, and the secret of freedom a brave heart, not idly to stand aside from the enemy’s onset.

For so remarkably perverse is the nature of man that he despises whoever courts him, and admires whoever will not bend before him.

Most people, in fact, will not take the trouble in finding out the truth, but are much more inclined to accept the first story they hear.

Those who really deserve praise are the people who, while human enough to enjoy power, nevertheless pay more attention to justice than they are compelled to do by their situation.

Hope is an expensive commodity. It makes better sense to be prepared.

What made the war inevitable was the growth of Athenian power and the fear which this caused in Sparta.

Right, as the world goes, is only in question between equals in power, while the strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must.

You shouldn’t feel sorry for the lifestyle you haven’t tasted, but for the one you are about to lose.

Concessions to adversaries only end in self reproach, and the more strictly they are avoided the greater will be the chance of security.

Three of the gravest failings, want of sense, of courage, or of vigilance.

Amassing of wealth is an opportunity for good deeds, not hubris.

Indeed it is generally the case that men are readier to call rogues clever than simpletons honest, and are ashamed of being the second as they are proud of being the first.

For they had learned that true safety was to be found in long previous training, and not in eloquent exhortations uttered when they were going into action.

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.

I never reflect or convey that which I have not experienced myself.