That loss is most discreditable which is caused by negligence.

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.

Nothing in our lives takes God by surprise.

What happened to you? When did you stop believing in yourself? In your gift? In what you deserve?

As far as I'm concerned, blues and jazz are the great American contributions to music.

If you're going to have a male dominant system, to maintain the system, you have to teach men to dominate.

Sometimes I feel like a vampire

All any grownup expects of an adolescent is that he act like an adult and be satisfied to be treated like a child.

God Ain't no stained glass window, cause he never keeps his window closed.

I’ve always hated being looked at.

"Is," "is," "is" — the idiocy of the word haunts me. If it were abolished, human thought might begin to make sense. I don't know what anything "is"; I only know how it seems to me at this moment.

My mom told me when I was younger that when you jack off all of your dead relatives are watching. But then I figured who were they going to tell.