There is no struggle too vast, no odds too overwhelming, for even should we fail - should we fall - we will know that we have lived.

Any reasonable ruler would have the expectation and the demand the other way round.

The future can ever promise but one thing and one thing only: surprises.

The soul knows no greater anguish than to take a breath that begins with love and ends with grief.

I warn you all, hatred is finding fertile soil within me. And in your compassion, in your every good intention, you nurture it.

When you've burned the bridges behind you, don't go starting a fire on the one in front of you.

Children were meant to be gifts. The physical manifestation of love between a man and a woman. And for that love all manner of sacrifice could be borne.