If you judge, investigate.

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.

Force your kids to pursue success and they shall be drowned into the abyss of characterlessness, but let them pursue excellence and they shall rise as glorious Gods.

Oh, sorry. I’m not . . . uh . . . interrupting something that will make me uncomfortable, am I?

The signs shifted in my mind like a kaleidoscope of visions.

Satire has its limits. It is really up to the people to make the change. The satirist's role ends at the screen.

I believe any decline would lock in a Fed increase with some certainty.

Every extreme attitude is a fight from the self.

What Marie Antoinette was to eighteenth-century France, Mary Pickford is to twentieth-century America.

A garden is the best alternative therapy.

After doing two years in prison, trust me, I've seen a lot of tough guys pray. They're not just praying for themselves; they're praying for their family and the people they've let down.

Morally and philosophically I find myself in agreement with virtually the whole of it: and not only in agreement with it, but in deeply moved agreement.