As long as you live, learn how to live.

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.

I woke up, smiling to myself at this dream with its allegorical aspects but with no real meaning.

I am going to have to stick to the script. If I muck around with the words it will defeat the object.

There are different types of readers. People draw lines at which three things intersect: the character, the author, and the reader.

A lot of news is just entertainment masquerading as news.

The value of three things is justly appreciated by all classes of men: youth, by the old; health, by the diseased; and wealth, by the needy.

We try to do what's right, or rather what other say is right. But sometimes, when that goes against who we are...you have to choose.

I have terrible panic attacks. I usually get so tired from crying and being in pain that my only way out is sleeping.

Don't talk about it - you'll talk it away. Let the ideas flow from your mind to the page without exposing them to air. Especially hot air.

A kind life...is fundamentally a life of courage.

When people concentrate on the idea of beauty, they are, without realizing it, confronted with the darkest thoughts that exist in this world. That, I suppose, is how human beings are made.