Great moments are born great opportunity.

Of all things I liked books best. My father had a large library and whenever I could manage I tried to satisfy my passion for reading.

I am equally proud of my Serbian origin and my Croatian fatherland.

This work somehow awakened my dormant powers of will and I began to practice self-control. At first my resolutions faded like snow in April, but in a little while I conquered my weakness and felt a pleasure I never knew before - that of doing as I willed.

We crave for new sensations but soon become indifferent to them. The wonders of yesterday are today common occurrences

Of all the frictional resistances, the one that most retards human movement is ignorance.

To stop war by the perfection of engines of destruction alone, might consume centuries and centuries. Other means must be employed to hasten the end.