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“In time of war the laws are silent. ”
— Marcus Tullius Cicero
“The only excuse for war is that we may live in peace unharmed.”
— Marcus Tullius Cicero
“Beware that you do not lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.”
— Aesop
“Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.”
— Aesop
“We should look to the mind, and not to the outward appearance.”
— Aesop
“Every day confirms my opinion on the superiority of a vicious life - and if Virtue is not its own reward I don't know any other stipend annexed to it. ”
— Lord Byron
“Moderation is the feebleness and sloth of the soul, whereas ambition is the warmth and activity of it.”
— Francois de La Rochefoucauld
“If we have not peace within ourselves, it is in vain to seek it from outward sources.”
— Francois de La Rochefoucauld
“Pride, which inspires us with so much envy, is sometimes of use toward the moderating of it too.”
— Francois de La Rochefoucauld
“Help others and give something back. I guarantee you will discover that while public service improves the lives and the world around you, its greatest reward is the enrichment and new meaning it will bring your own life.”
— Arnold Schwarzenegger
“I told Warren if he mentions Prop. 13 one more time, he has to do 500 push-ups.”
— Arnold Schwarzenegger
“We are a forward-looking people, and we must have a forward-looking government.”
— Arnold Schwarzenegger
“The rewards of virtue alone abide secure.”
— Sophocles
“War never takes a wicked man by chance, the good man always.”
— Sophocles
“Because one doesn't like the way things are is no reason to be unjust towards God.”
— Victor Hugo
“Civil war? What does that mean? Is there any foreign war? Isn't every war fought between men, between brothers? ”
— Victor Hugo
“A war between Europeans is a civil war.”
— Victor Hugo
“Freedom in art, freedom in society, this is the double goal towards which all consistent and logical minds must strive.”
— Victor Hugo
“Peace is the virtue of civilization. War is its crime.”
— Victor Hugo
“By putting forward the hands of the clock you shall not advance the hour.”
— Victor Hugo
“To think is of itself to be useful; it is always and in all cases a striving toward God. ”
— Victor Hugo
“From a certain point onward there is no longer any turning back. That is the point that must be reached. ”
— Franz Kafka
“Anyone who cannot come to terms with his life while he is alive needs one hand to ward off a little his despair over his fate... but with his other hand he can note down what he sees among the ruins.”
— Franz Kafka
“In theory there is a possibility of perfect happiness: To believe in the indestructible element within one, and not to strive towards it.”
— Franz Kafka
“One advantage in keeping a diary is that you become aware with reassuring clarity of the changes which you constantly suffer.”
— Franz Kafka
“Peace is not a relationship of nations. It is a condition of mind brought about by a serenity of soul. Peace is not merely the absence of war. It is also a state of mind. Lasting peace can come only to peaceful people. ”
— Jawaharlal Nehru
“The atomic bomb made the prospect of future war unendurable. It has led us up those last few steps to the mountain pass; and beyond there is a different country.”
— Julius Robert Oppenheimer
“Men do not value a good deed unless it brings a reward.”
— Ovid
“A prince should be slow to punish, and quick to reward.”
— Ovid
“Love is a kind of warfare.”
— Ovid
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