The first petition that we are to make to Almighty God is for a good conscience, the next for health of mind, and then of body.

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.

Humanity is a parade of fools, and I am at the front of it, twirling a baton.

When the house is on fire, don't tell me what your spiritual gift is. Just grab a hose and put out the fire.

Intuition is knowingness, and this field of unbounded knowing, of knowingness, is within every human being. You start tapping into that and it becomes an ocean of solutions.

You've such a lovely temperature.

All good novelists have bad memories.

A slowness to applaud betrays a cold temper or an envious spirit.

Everything ends with flowers.

Magic happens on the threshold of the forbidden.

Those who control the wealth of this society have an influence over political life far in excess of their number.

There are some parents who have really done it right and told their kid, 'You know, we have this dough, none of this is for you. You have to get your own.