War and Peace

"We deceive ourselves if we imagine that life can ever be anything but a struggle."

"Everything we know of history proves that revolutions cannot be made by reason alone."

"Beauty fades but wisdom endures."

"It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves."

"Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues but the parent of all others."

"The most difficult battles are fought within ourselves."

"In war there is no victory, only the degrees of defeat."

"One of the most powerful medicines is hope."

"The greatest discovery of our generation is that humans can alter their lives by changing their attitudes."

"Ambition is the enemy of peace."

"Life requires an aim."

"Better to be a slave and not feel it than to be free and suffer."

"War is the domain of chance."

"To understand everything is to forgive everything."

"The heart has its reasons which reason knows nothing of."

"The effort of attention itself is the principal thing."

"Freedom exists only in books."

"Love is life."

"People are not born for happiness."

"One must always be ready to make a sacrifice."

"Death is an awakening for those who sleep in life."

"Despair is only for those who see the end beyond all doubt."

"The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing."

"We are the slaves of circumstances and accident."

"Man cannot alter circumstances, but he can alter himself."

"Grief shared is grief diminished."

"Hope is the companion of the living."

"Love demands sacrifice."

"Forgiveness is the highest form of strength."

"We are all prisoners of our circumstances until we choose freedom."