I was shipwrecked before I got aboard.

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.

A phrase began to beat in my ears with a sort of heady excitement: "There are only the pursued, the pursuing, the busy and the tired.

Give me a book and I may change the world, give me a weapon and there will be no world to change.

Optimism is essential to achievement and is also the foundation of courage and of true progress.

Hackers are breaking the systems for profit. Before, it was about intellectual curiosity and pursuit of knowledge and thrill, and now hacking is big business.

I hope in God, I pray on, and look yet for the answer. They are not converted yet, but they will be.

Faith: a firm belief for which there is no evidence.

Einstein said that he never could understand it all, the planets spinning in space, the smile upon your face.

...most of the press were vultures descending on the scene for curious America aplomb. Cameras inside the coffin interviewing worms.

The best thing about candy is that it can't be spoiled by the adult world. Candy is innocent.

The more I see of dogs, the more I like children.