It is not hard to change when your biggest problem is whether the weeds prosper in a vegetable patch.

Nothing of real worth can ever be bought. Love, friendship, honour, valour, respect. All these things have to be earned.

Old age is not as honorable as death, but most people seek it.

Do not speak badly of yourself, for the warrior that is inside you hears your words and is lessened by them.

A warrior feeds his body well; he trains it; works on it. Where he lacks knowledge, he studies. But above all he must believe. He must believe in his strength of will, of purpose, of heart and soul.

May all your dreams but one come true, for what is life without a dream?

There's no shame in fear. But understand this - the coward is ruled by fear, while the hero rides it like a wild stallion.

We make choices everyday, some of them good, some of them bad. And - if we are strong enough - we live with the consequences.

I may be stupid, as you say, to believe in honour and friendship and loyalty without price. But these are virtues to be cherished, for without them we are no more than beasts roaming the land.

Fear is an aid to the warrior. It is a small fire burning. It heats the muscles, making us stronger. Panic comes when the fire is out of control, consuming all courage and pride.

A man with wife and daughters has no place losing his temper.

A woman can slip on a pair of embellished cage heels one night and a pair of streamlined, lightweight sneakers the next day. The beauty of modern luxury is the absence of rules.

Poetry is a sort of homecoming.

I can't tell you why there's a delay, but stick your head out of the window and you'll know why.

Light will blind us in time, but what we learn in the dark can see us through.

The great sin of the average Christian is ignorance of the word of God.

My test for writing is always, is this fun or does it feel like a job? Is it moving me? Or am I just fulfilling my own expectations - or even worse, somebody else's?

In terms of quantity, we've probably already reached the limit of what's feasible. I think a change of direction may be what's needed.

We will destroy laughing, we will set fires laughing, we will kill laughing... and society will fall!!

In Guatemala, the gap between rich and poor must be eliminated, or we will continue to be the example of conflict in America.

Happiness--like love--is itself an attitude.