Circumstances do not make the man, they reveal him.

The right of a nation to kill a tyrant in case of necessity can no more be doubted than to hang a robber, or kill a flea.

People think I'm a miserable sod but it's only because I get asked such bloody miserable questions.

I love Madrid. I am happy to be here. I have been here three years and hope to be here longer. But I am proud of where I come from and never forget the people I grew up with.

There is a real magic in enthusiasm. It spells the difference between mediocrity and accomplishment

Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead.

An idea is salvation by imagination

To be rooted is perhaps the most important and least recognized need of the human soul.

Reputation is what men and women think of us; character is what God and angels know of us.

Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.

Prayer does not change God, but it changes him who prays.

I can see in your eyes, I can see in your faces, I can see you cry. But what I want to say, there's no reason to cry. Do not, in the name of peace, go in the streets and riot.

Be that self which one truly is.

Any non-commissioned officer is more of an enemy to a recruit, any schoolmaster to a pupil, then they are if they were free.

Every man's memory is his private literature.

I don't say we all ought to misbehave, but we ought to look as if we could.

All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent.

The paranoid is never entirely mistaken.

The cure for boredom is curiosity.There is no cure for curiosity.

If you never stop when you wave goodbye you just might find, if you give it time, you will wave hello again...

The battle for women's rights has been largely won.