Memory says, 'I did that.' Pride replies, 'I could not have done that.' Eventually, memory yields.

The man loves danger and sport. That is why he loves woman, the most dangerous of all sports.

How is freedom measured, in individuals as in nations? By the resistance which has to be overcome, by the effort it costs to stay aloft. One would have to seek the highest type of free man where the greatest resistance is constantly being overcome: five steps from tyranny, near the threshold of the danger of servitude.

Envy and jealousy are the private parts of the human soul. Perhaps the comparison can be extended.

In art the end does not sanctify the means: but sacred means employed here can sanctify the end.

The last Christian died on a cross.

Go up close to your friend, but do not go over to him! We should also respect the enemy in our friend.