All my life I have been seeking to climb out of the pit of my besetting sins and I cannot do it and I never will unless a hand is let down to draw me up.

It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that things are difficult

A sword by itself does not slay; it is merely the weapon used by the slayer.

The important thing about a problem is not its solution, but the strength we gain in finding the solution

Don't stumble over something behind you.

We become wiser by adversity; prosperity destroys our appreciation of the right.

Great men rejoice in adversity, just as brave soldiers triumph in war.

When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy.

There in no one more unfortunate than the man who has never been unfortunate. for it has never been in his power to try himself.

It's all in your headJ you have the power to make things seem hard or easy or even amusing. The choice is yours.

Death is the wish of some, the relief of many, and the end of all.

You are the Poem I dreamed of writing, the Masterpiece I longed to paint. You are the shining Star I reached for in my ever hopeful quest for life fulfilled. Yes, I am Blessed.

When you cut the cords on the safety net and walk out on the highwire, you become yourself and become all that you can be and all that you were meant to be. But first, you must cut the cords.

It is in dialogue with pain that many beautiful things acquire their value.

I would like to devote myself to the cause of parental alienation.

The enjoyment of freedom which could be exercised without any motivation would be the real hallmark of a maniac.

No mortal ever has been, no mortal ever will be like the soul just launched on the sea of life.

No love is Like an ocean with the dizzy procession of the waves' boundaries.

It behooves us to accomplish what God requires of us, even when we are in the greatest despair respecting the results.

Do we always make our freedom out of someone else's bondage?

When I go from hence, let this be my parting word, that what I have seen is unsurpassable.