[During difficult times and after mistakes and failures it is helpful to remember ...] Oftentimes calamity turns to our advantage and great ruins make way for greater glories.

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.

In solitude, you will find the soul.

Have you thrown ‘Why is a raven like a writing desk?’ at her yet?

I happen to believe in immigration reform but I don't believe that that means that every person who has come into America should be able to stay.

In New York, as long as you're not peeing in someone's doorway, everyone thinks you're a gentleman.

If you can see yourself doing something, you can do it. If you can’t see yourself doing it, usually you can’t achieve it.

You are not merely the physical body that you identify with out of habit. Your essential state is a field of infinite possibilities.

Knowing reality means constructing systems of transformations that correspond, more or less adequately, to reality.

I loved acting as a kid because I was kind of shy, so it brought me out of myself.

The golden rule to apply in all such cases is resolutely to refuse to have what millions cannot.

You'll fail at a 100% of the goals you don't set.