Although always prepared for martyrdom, I preferred that it should be postponed.

The positive thinker sees the invisible, feels the intangible, and achieves the impossible.

The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in every difficulty.

Diplomacy is the art of telling people to go to hell in such a way that they ask for directions.

There is nothing government can give you that it hasn't taken from you in the first place.

Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery.

You will never reach your destination if you stop and throw stones at every dog that barks.

Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.

Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.

Fear is a reaction. Courage is a decision.

A nation that forgets its past has no future.

The writer who loses his self-doubt, who gives way as he grows old to a sudden euphoria, to prolixity, should stop writing immediately: the time has come for him to lay aside his pen.

Knight's disdain for Thoreau was bottomless - 'he had no deep insight into nature'...

A blissful heart is a beautiful soul.

Disinformation is distinguished from misinformation in that it is intentionally fraudulent.

Love shouldn't be dictated

Be proud to act like a normal human being. Keep daylight hours, get a regular job, and mix in the company of people with a fixed sense of right and wrong.

When people warn me about someone - the label head or the publishing head - that somebody is difficult, I'm in heaven.

Everyone in our generation lives in a world where you're surrounded by all sorts of music all the time. People's tastes are made of combinations of genres.

The Negro is nothing but an ex-slave who is now trying to get himself integrated into the slave master's house.

Find a way to express what moves you.