Those who failed to oppose me, who readily agreed with me and accepted all my views, were those who did me the most injury.

The only victory over love is flight.

In war as in love, to bring matters to a close, you must get close together.

The most terrible of all my battles was the one before Moscow. The French showed themselves to be worthy of victory, but the Russians showed themselves worthy of being invincible.

Alexander, Charlemagne and myself all tried to found an empire on force and we failed. Jesus Christ is building an empire on love, and today there are millions of people who would gladly die for His sake.

The great proof of madness is the disproportion of one's designs to one's means.

Nothing is lost as long as courage remains