Simple truths are a relief from grand speculations.

The most absurd and reckless aspirations have sometimes led to extraordinary success.

Patience is the art of hoping.

The lazy are always wanting to do something.

The greatest achievement of the human spirit is to live up to one's opportunities and make the most of one's resources.

Prosperity makes few friends.

Prosperity makes some friends and many enemies.

He who knows how to suffer everything can dare everything.

There are those who are so scrupulously afraid of doing wrong that they seldom venture to do anything.

Man never rises to great truths without enthusiasm.

The mind reaches great heights only by spurts.

You should find what sets you on fire, what you are passionate about, and then you should do that. No matter the risk.

Religion is like wax. How anyone deals with it is decisive for how it will look like.

Strength of mind is exercise, not rest.

So what’d you do to the lesser?” a male voice said. “I lit his cigarette with a sawed-off,” another one answered. “He didn’t come down for breakfast, you feel me?

I need to just find my own peace.

It's hard to know who to choose when you admire two people who are so different.

Although a lot can be learned from adversity, most of the same lessons can be learned through laughter and joy.

There is no gesture more devastating than the back turning away.

I'm absolutely confident that the God that I worship abhors violence.

My childhood was spent in my local library in a San Diego suburb. It's where I became a writer - by 1st becoming a reader!