If my only tool is a hammer, then every problem is a nail.

Not the power to remember, but its very opposite, the power to forget, is a necessary condition for our existence.

The lash may force men to physical labor, it cannot force them to spiritual creativity.

Youth has the resilience to absorb disaster and weave it into the pattern of its life, no mater how anguishing the thorn that penetrates its flesh.

Writing comes more easily if you have something to say.

The best security for old age: respect your children.

Without a love of humankind there is no love of God.

The heathen spirit is wingless. It cannot lift itself to heights from which the totality of being is visible, and it therefore loses itself in details.

Every dawn renews the Beginning, and to behold the earth struggling out of the formless void, out of the night, is to witness the act of creation.

Humankind's ladder to God is a ladder of deeds.

An illness is like a journey into a far country; it sifts all one's experience and removes it to a point so remote that it appears like a vision.

An attitude is much deeper than just our emotions or the thoughts we think. It’s a decision we make based on our core beliefs and values.

For every little kid who still believes in Santa Claus, there is at least one adult who still believes in professional wrestling.

No sign of pleasure greeted the announcement. The mood in the hall was leaden. My mood was livelier. Fright is livelier than lead.

Only a goalie can appreciate what a goalie goes through.

Actually, it seems like every time I'm about to pack it in, that's when I get a job.

What a man can take with a sword, a woman can give by her flesh alone. Life.

In struggling against anguish one never produces serenity; the struggle against anguish only produces new forms of anguish.

Resenting promotion is one of the greatest obstacles to success. People who have issues with selling and promotion are usually broke.

I often pay homeless people to come round and clean my car.

There are a lot of millionaires being created in China. We should all be seeking that business, and I think there's enough to go around.