War and Peace

"The heart recognizes in a moment what the mind cannot grasp in years."

"One must never despair, for despair itself is a kind of defeat."

"The greater the freedom, the greater the responsibility."

"True leadership is not dominion but service."

"The heart of man lies in the depths of his silence."

"The very process of searching is the only way to truth."

"The consciousness of our strength is the first step toward victory."

"Ambition is the curse of princes."

"We accept the impossible and reject the possible."

"Love is life. All, everything that I understand, I understand only because I love."

"The simplest and most obvious truth is often the hardest to see."

"The arrogance of power makes tyrants of all of us."

"In life there is nothing certain but death and taxes."

"People are always in one of three moods."

"The moment of battle is a moment of truth."

"Nothing is ever certain in war."

"We are the slaves of circumstances."

"Solitude is sometimes the best society."

"Man can endure almost anything if he has faith."

"The war is not in weapons, but in will."

"The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that very existence is an act of rebellion."

"Life is too short to hold grudges."

"A man is happy so long as he chooses to be happy."

"History is nothing but a collection of fables and useless trifles."

"We are asleep until we fall in love."

"There is something in the human spirit that cannot be reconciled with any slavery, however comfortable."

"God is manifest in the smallest as in the largest."

"A man who has suffered has truly lived."

"The soul's strength lies in humility."

"To fear is natural; to overcome fear is heroic."