It’s in the very trickery that it pleases me. But show me how the trick is done, and I have lost my interest therein.

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 Key to Staying Focused is to know what to Eliminate and then Doing so.

If you’re willing to live in a cardboard box on the streets with him, then marry him.

Love makes the wildest spirit tame and the tamest spirit wild.

Reviewing the literature on love I noticed how few writers, male or female, talk about the impact of patriarchy, the way in which male domination of women and children stands in the ways of love.

I know that New York is big, there are huge buildings, but in fact, it's quite small and contained.

I love music more just in and of itself. I love harmony and rhythm.

There is so much of good in human nature that men grow to like each other upon better acquaintance, and this points to another way in which we may strive to promote the peace of the world.

When I'm on my own with my camera, taking these pictures, it feels as if I am in a room of my own, a self-contained world.

That the Texas Legislature, that the Texas school boards, the Texas teachers, we collectively know best how to educate our children, rather than some bureaucrat in Washington.

It doesn't matter what kind of world we live in as long as we have each other.