As a rule, what is out of sight disturbs men's minds more seriously than what they see.

Without training, they lacked knowledge. Without knowledge, they lacked confidence. Without confidence, they lacked victory.

It is better to create than to learn! Creating is the essence of life.

Experience is the teacher of all things.

The greatest enemy will hide in the last place you would ever look.

A coward dies a thousand deaths, the gallant never taste of death but once.

In the end, it is impossible not to become what others believe you are.

If I fail it is only because I have too much pride and ambition.

I love the name of honor, more than I fear death.

The difference between a republic and an empire is the loyalty of one's army

He conquers twice, who shows mercy to the conquered.

Again he thought of his own losses, and he wondered why it was that the things a person had lost— or might lose— defined him more than the things he yet possessed.

Whatever they may say, your story is truly your own. You have a responsibility to it, the way a father has to a child

If you see it in Strunk and White it's so.

Never wade through the pretty ripples of perpetually flowing rivers, until you have looked at their lovely waters, and prayed to them, and washed your hands in the pale enchanting water.

There is a famous saying: 'It's hard to be a Jew.' It's also hard to be a Palestinian. I know that.

Disorganizatio n is the enemy of good writing.

I love Ornette Coleman. I love Don Cherry. I love the way those guys play.

I think a lot of times, people don't want to do what their parents do because they want to be their own person.

In ethics, we don't make progress by discovering pre-existent truths; we do so by solving problems.

Ford Fairlane was one of those movies that was so much fun to make that it was bound not to be a big hit.