Above all things, never be afraid. The enemy who forces you to retreat is himself afraid of you at that very moment.

Live as if you were eternal.

Experience is valuable only when it has brought suffering and when the suffering has left its mark upon both body and mind.

We appreciate frankness from those who like us. Frankness from others is called insolence.

Men fear silence as they fear solitude, because both give them a glimpse of the terror of life's nothingness.

A marriage without conflicts is almost as inconceivable as a nation without crises.

The most important quality in a leader is that of being acknowledged as such. All leaders whose fitness is questioned are clearly lacking in force.