How great would be our peril if our slaves began to number us!

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.

As if you could kill time without injuring eternity.

Life is a song. Your thoughts are the music. Now play beautiful music and sing a wonderful song.

I am more afraid of my own heart than of the pope and all his cardinals. I have within me the great pope self.

Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning that they may follow strong drink that continue until night till wine inflame them.

Oh what a cause of thankfulness it is that we have a gracious God to go to on all occasions! Use and enjoy this privilege and you can never be miserable. Oh what an unspeakable privilege is prayer!

I think it is vital to fight to do something you want to do despite not gaining your community's or your friends' approval.

The dandy should aspire to be uninterruptedly sublime. He should live and sleep in front of a mirror.

you'd do anything to get a soul mate back, right?… I mean, that's the nature of soul mates.

The solution to government surveillance is to encrypt everything.

It's not how much or how little you have that makes you great or small, but how much or how little you are with what you have.