- "Trouble is the common denominator of living. It is the great equalizer."
- "To dare is to lose one's footing momentarily. Not to dare is to lose oneself."
- "There is nothing with which every man is so afraid as getting to know how enormously much he is capable of doing and becoming."
- "The tyrant dies and his rule is over, the martyr dies and his rule begins."
- "The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one who prays."
- "People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use."
- "One can advise comfortably from a safe port."
- "Most men pursue pleasure with such breathless haste that they hurry past it."
- "Life must be understood backwards; but... it must be lived forward."
- "It seems essential, in relationships and all tasks, that we concentrate only on what is most significant and important."
- "During the first period of a man's life the greatest danger is not to take the risk."
- "Boredom is the root of all evil - the despairing refusal to be oneself."
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