Every time I took a long leave from home I felt as if I were going to conquer the world. Or rather take possession of what is my birthright my inheritance.

The only history is a mere question of one's struggle inside oneself. But that is the joy of it. One need neither discover Americas nor conquer nations and yet one has as great a work as Columbus or Alexander to do.

We have not invaded anyone. We have not conquered anyone. We have not grabbed their land their culture their history and tried to enforce our way of life on them.

I came I saw I conquered.

We are built to conquer environment solve problems achieve goals and we find no real satisfaction or happiness in life without obstacles to conquer and goals to achieve.

Happiness is like those palaces in fairy tales whose gates are guarded by dragons: we must fight in order to conquer it.

Whoever conquers a free town and does not demolish it commits a great error and may expect to be ruined himself.

One kills a man one is an assassin one kills millions one is a conqueror one kills everybody one is a god.

We win by tenderness. We conquer by forgiveness.

The glory of Christianity is to conquer by forgiveness.