A State loses itself when it forgets who really supports it.
No one more dead than the forgotten.
Gregory Marañón
If something opposes you and hurts you, let it grow. It's just that you're taking root and changing. Blessed wound that makes you give birth to yourself.
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
We are what we repeatedly do.
Aristotle
It is better to lose a province than to divide the forces with which victory is expected.
Frederick II
Make your conduct your religion.
Hindu Texts