Inspirational Sayings

Peace if possible, truth at all costs.

He who practices truth, contentment, and compassion, he alone is a true Yogi.

I do not hope for any relief, and that is because I have committed no crime.

Lawyers! I have but two in my dominions, and I believe that I shall hang one of them the moment I get home!

I don't think that human strength is capable of everything, least of all mine.

I do not believe that there is any woman in the world who has an equal share of both understanding and grace with my sister Martha.

For it is the property of true philosophy to deduce the causes of all natural effects from the simplest possible principles.

The universe is a spherical whole, and of all possible forms, the sphere is the most perfect.

I am a Christian. I believe in the Trinity.

Why does the eye see a thing more clearly in dreams than the imagination when awake?

He that lives upon hope will die fasting.

I have made it my business to examine, not to believe.

I envy the poet. He is encouraged toward drunkenness and wallows with nubile wenches while the painter must endure wretchedness and pain for his art.

No punishment, in my opinion, is too great for the man who can build his greatness upon his country's ruin.

The most successful war seldom pays for its losses.

My only strength and safeguard is the love and goodwill of my subjects.

A great many things are often said and believed about me that are not true.

Impossible is a word to be found only in the dictionary of fools.

I have always been a master of my passions.

To be a great general, one must be both brave and prudent.