Stefan Zweig Quote

We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.

Plato

If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it; if we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity, it must be known, that we are at all times ready for War.

George Washington

• Desire
• Power

Just as treasures are uncovered from the earth, so virtue appears from good deeds, and wisdom appears from a pure and peaceful mind. To walk safely through the maze of human life, one needs the light of wisdom and the guidance of virtue.

Buddha

• Wisdom
• Virtue

Light does not come from light, but from darkness.

Mircea Eliade

• Life
• Light

The purpose of all wars, is peace.

Saint Augustine

You cannot find peace by avoiding life.

Virginia Woolf

Life is a horizontal fall.

Jean Cocteau

Peace is produced by war.

Pierre Corneille

I don't like to share my personal life... it wouldn't be personal if I shared it.

George Clooney

Life is one long struggle in the dark.

Lucretius

We make war that we may live in peace.

Aristotle

Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall.

William Shakespeare

• Virtue

The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and to get up eight times.

Paulo Coelho

• Inspirational
• Life
• Famous

Every moment of light and dark is a miracle.

Walt Whitman

My career decisions have nothing to do with my personal life.

Justin Timberlake

This dark brightness that falls from the stars.

Pierre Corneille

Star Wars hasn't changed my life at all.

Natalie Portman

Peace is the virtue of civilization. War is its crime.

Victor Hugo

• War
• Virtue

In peace, sons bury their fathers. In war, fathers bury their sons.

Herodotus

If we are completely honest with ourselves, everyone has a dark side to their personalities.

Isabella Rossellini