Human nature is so constituted that insults sink deeper than kindnesses; the remembrance of the latter soon passes away, while that of the former is treasured in the memory.

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 fail at the large things it means you have not large ambitions. Concentration, focus - that is all. The aptitudes come, the tools forge themselves.

The silence was suddenly too charged, his face too beautiful in the light.

This damn ring had derailed her life. No wonder Gollum had gone insane.

How could you be heartbroken and happy at the same time?

The idea that trials are a search for the truth is just a myth. Trials are a search for that which the jury will believe is the truth.

I had polio when I was 13. I started feeling stiff, my joints ached, and over a two-week period I lost my coordination and 20 pounds.

Money has to serve, not to rule!

But it's hard for a man to give up all his pleasures, even when they don't pleasure him no more.

A book is solitude, privacy; it is a way of holding the self apart from the crush of the outer world.

When the fruit of your service is out of all proportion to the gifts you possess, THAT is Blessing!