Beauty is such a fleeting blossom, how can wisdom rely upon its momentary delight?

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.

Begin to increase your gift, talent, potentials, self-development if you want to be prosperous

if [God] doesn't exist, man is the chief of the earth, of the universe. Magnificent! Only how is he going to be good without God?

that you will become entrapped in someone else’s recent careless thoughts.

My feeling is that maintaining financial independence is also a healthy way to keep my feet on the ground.

There was a film that really affected me, 'La Strada' by Fellini, where Anthony Quinn and Giulietta Masina travel around on his little motorcycle thing.

In the past I've been hard on the vegans. I've called them Prius-driving fascists, but now I am one of them. I have been turned to the dark side.

Making the right choices on the worlds we explore is going to be our biggest challenge.

There is no before. There is only now, and what comes next.

Men as a whole judge more with their eyes than with their hands.

Desire only God, and your heart will be satisfied.