As the soil, however rich it may be, cannot be productive without cultivation, so the mind without culture can never produce good fruit

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.

Success is getting what you want. Happiness is liking what you get.

Take short views hope for the best and trust in God.

Nationalism, on my opinion, is nothing more than an idealistic rationalization for militarism and aggression.

... what is peculiar to our own age is the abandonment of the idea that history could be told truthfully.

I am well protected Too locked up Inside myself To get free

San Francisco is gone. Nothing remains of it but memories.

A man comes to measure his greatness by the regrets, envies and hatreds of his competitors.

Love is a river. Drink from it.

If you work in an urgent-only culture, the only solution is to make the right things urgent.

The new fad thing that's going through America and around the world. It's called global warming.