It does not matter how many books you have, but how good the books are which you have.

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 I must fall, may it be from a high place.

The hard part of ReThinking, is most people don't usually do much normal REAL thinking anyway. They live their lives on automatic reaction.

I don't want to stay here overnight, ' said Harry angrily, sitting up and throwing back his covers. 'I want to find McLaggen and kill him.

None think the great unhappy but the great.

Humor is an escape, because you cannot think about your problems when you are trying to be funny; so, in essence, "being a humorist" gives you a valid excuse to hide from your pain.

Almost everyone who has had an idea that's somewhat revolutionary or wildly successful was first told they're insane.

Take my heart with you, baby girl. It follows you....always.

Lie down and listen to the crabgrass grow.

Perhaps the most significant event in the evolution of the liberated mind arrives with the realization that most people, even in their deepest convictions, are blind to most truths.

The world is all the richer for having a devil in it, so long as we keep our foot upon his neck.