💬 Quotes

"In the face of seemingly insurmountable odds, a clear head and a steady sword are a man's best friends."

"There are no hopeless situations, only men who have grown hopeless about them."

"Love knows no bounds of race, of planet, or of death itself."

"Power unchecked by justice is tyranny, and tyranny is the deadliest enemy of Barsoom."

"London. Michaelmas term lately over, and the Lord Chancellor sitting in Lincoln's Inn Hall. Implacable November weather."

"The one great principle of the English law is to make business for itself."

"The parties to the cause if they had known what was to come before it was begun, never could have endured it; if they had known what it was during a course of years, would not have known the reason for it."

"Suffering is any suffering from which you are able to eliminate yourself."

"It is best to begin with so much caution and openness that it's impossible for any one to take you unawares."

"True education is not the cramming of facts, but the unfolding of the soul's capacity for love, service, and intelligent cooperation."

"When you civilize the women, you civilize the race. There is no other way."

"Each time you translate altogether to another person's tongue, the meaning is changed; all civilization is a translation."

"We're ridiculous, simply because we're up against the vieux jeu. I suppose I've come to America just to try and face it down."

"I’m not afraid of the truth anymore. I’m afraid of what the truth will do to the people I love."

"It’s impossible to move forward if you’re always looking back, but it’s even more impossible to move forward if you don’t know where you started."

"You can’t control what happens to you, but you can control how you let it affect you."

"Holding onto the past is like trying to hold onto the wind. It’s impossible, and eventually, you just have to let it go."

"Once upon a time, an angel and a devil fell in love. It did not end well."

"Hope can be a powerful weapon, even when it is weaponized against oneself."

"If you want to know who someone is, look at how they treat their enemies."