He who begs timidly courts a refusal.

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.

If you don't synthesize knowledge, scientific journals become spare-parts catalogues for machines that are never built.

Diet food is for lazy people.

Most people desire comfort and pleasure.

The social body persists although the component cells may change.

If you're not having fun in baseball, you miss the point of everything.

A man of moderate Understanding, thinks he writes divinely: A man of good Understanding, thinks he writes reasonably.

Holiness is not a merit by which we can attain communion with God, but a gift of Christ, which enables us to cling to him, and to follow him.

While we shall negotiate freely, we shall not negotiate freedom.

It seems that every time I stick my neck out, I get my foot into something else.

Fantasies are things that can't happen, and science fiction is about things that can happen.