Now we are not merely to stick knowledge on to the soul: we must incorporate it into her; the soul should not be sprinkled with knowledge but steeped in it.

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.

No need for Jesus and the Lord Buddha to fight

If you hire people just because they can do a job, they'll work for your money. But if you hire people who believe what you believe, they'll work for you with blood, sweat, and tears.

Nobody wants campaign finance reform more than me. It would save me a fortune.

It will scramble your head and drag your brain about, sometimes you gotta do like Elvis did and shoot the damn thing out.

No one has ever proved that a human being, through his descent from a certain group of people, must of necessity have certain mental characteristics.

It takes leadership to improve safety.

The biggest ones [online stores] I go back to are Amazon.com and eBay.com because it’s great for music and books... I collect vintage vinyl records.

Invention, it must be humbly admitted, does not consist in creating out of void, but out of chaos.

Men are likely to be quite generous, especially financially.

Every Harvard class should have one Democrat to rescue it from oblivion.