Life is a gift of the immortal Gods, but living well is the gift of philosophy.

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 and I must learn and understand the value of time and how to invest it if we must achieve anything of worth in our lifetime.

We only live once, so why not do something different?

New York is the only city in the world where you can get run down on the sidewalk by a pedestrian.

In feature films the director is God; in documentary films God is the director.

It's not finding what's lost, it's understanding what you've found.

I'm glad I started so young, because you are really able to endure so much at that age.

We won with the military. We won with highly educated, pretty well educated and poorly educated. But we won with everything, tall people, short people, fat people, skinny people just won.

Life is the mode of action of proteins.

How my relationship with my parents influenced my writing, really not at all. My dad was a mechanic, my mom a nurse.

It's just a crime that people don't take the time and make the effort to have a conversation if it's bothering them that much.