It is to the interest of the commonwealth of mankind that there should be someone who is unconquered, someone against whom fortune has no power.

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.

You ain't get nothing for staying low, lazy. The world only tremble at the feet of the few craziest doers ever lived.

There’s a divinity that shapes our ends, Rough-hew them how we will

When you want wisdom and insight as badly as you want to breathe, it is then you shall have it.

The communication is in the work and words are no substitute for this.

I'm never angry at anybody! No human being can do anything important enough for that. You get angry at people when you feel that their acts are important. I don't feel that way any longer.

What TV is extremely good at - and realize that this is 'all it does' - is discerning what large numbers of people think they want, and supplying it.

Refusal to accept the flow of the world is the root of all misery.

All the concessions we make to Eros are holes in our desire for the absolute.

But what is more, if we have succeeded in adding to the basic understanding of our universe and ourselves, we will have made a contribution to the totality of human culture.

It is never too late to expand the mind of a person on the autism spectrum.