It is the practice of the multitude to bark at eminent men, as little dogs do at strangers.

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.

Listening to music makes me creative in all spheres of life.

For every thinking and reflecting man the existence of evil is a riddle he cannot escape.

Continuity gives us roots change gives us branches letting us stretch and grow and reach new heights.

The only prayer which a well-meaning man can pray is O ye gods give me whatever is fitting unto me!

True penance consists in regretting without ceasing the faults of the past, and in firmly resolving to never again commit that which is so deplorable.

I am a sick man...I am a spiteful man. An unattractive man. I think that my liver hurts.

The light can be a curtain as well as the darkness.

Valentine's Day - a nice holiday because it's the first day of the rest of your wife.

What you don't realize as a kid is that if your parents are always going to be there for you, they aren't going to be somewhere else doing exciting and glamorous things.