It is rash to condemn where you are ignorant.

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.

Life-long learning is the modus of keeping your brain…your thoughts…your ideas…engaged in a quest for knowledge that enriches and expands the mind with a constant thirst for wisdom.

History is something that never happened written by a man who wasn't there.

I was very pushed to look a certain way and act a certain way, and it wasn't me, but I played by their rules to get my foot in the door.

Truth grew in my mind like a fungus, and though I tried to sleep it out, there was no resisting the epiphanies.

Nature is not something to conquer, but something to learn from or to merge with and be part of - to dance with, celebrate.

The past lies like a nightmare upon the present.

Some people prefer the passenger role, because it imposes no real pressure to decide or stand accountable for their life results.

But the last time the Cubs won a National League pennant Was the year we dropped the bomb on Japan

I'm the same boy I used to be.

We are buried beneath the weight of information, which is being confused with knowledge; quantity is being confused with abundance and wealth with happiness.