It's a vice to trust all, and equally a vice to trust none.

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.

The deepest and darkest dungeons that we are ever flung into are the dungeons of the mind

There's never a recession if you work for the government.

King Kofi Kingston, that does have a nice ring to it. But not so much the initials, though.

My vision is to work for the relationship between India and Pakistan which would be like the relation between Canada and the United States.

I only keep books that I like very much. Otherwise I'd throw them out.

The more we run from a problem, the more we're actually running into it.

No matter what time it is, wake me, even if it's in the middle of a Cabinet meeting.

I collect art books. I have hundreds and hundreds of them and they get me to start hearing things. Sometimes people look at them, but I find that visual art gets me listening, gets me hearing things.

Illusions and pipe dreams on the one hand And straight reality is always cold

Free spirited free riders they're on their way but don't know where they're going.