If you really want to escape the things that harass you, what you're needing is not to be in a different place but to be a different person.

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.

Forget it. Never explain

The greater your inner light the brighter your outer world.

Ultimately though, we are not responsible for another's happiness. The unhappy person almost always suffers from self-inflicted pain.

I feel vulnerable every day to the grace of God as expressed in every living thing.

But no matter how much planning you do, one tiny miscalculation, one moment of distraction, can end it all in an instant.

I have acquired a deep and abiding respect for all those engaged in the difficult business of commerce.

Hip-hoppers are not interpreting what hip-hop is, and when we do interpret it, we interpret it as something immature, unorganized, and outlaw.

Man believes and lives.

The single most important thing a city can do is provide a community where interesting, smart people want to live with their families.

silence is the most intolerable of answers.