Let us remember that sorrow alone is the creator of great things.

No idea can succeed except at the expense of sacrifice; no one ever escapes without enduring strain from the struggle of life.

The only way of salvation for the world is by returning to thy allegiance.... Firm in my faith, I shall have force to withstand my evil counsellors, my skepticism, which leads me to doubt of the people, my restless spirit which, after truth has been brought to light, impels to go on searching for it.

The prayer of the agnostic: "O God, if there is a God, save my soul if I have a soul."

The epic disappeared along with the age of personal heroism; there can be no epic with artillery.

All the great things of humanity have been accomplished in the name of absolute principles.

A nation is a body of people who have done great things together.