The most imperious masters over their own servants are at the same time the most abject slaves to the servants of others.

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.

I'm out of tissues for toilet paper too. History notes just aren't....up to scratch

All breathing, existing, living, sentient creatures should not be slain, nor treated with violence, nor abused, nor tormented, nor driven away.

A spoken language is a body, a living creature, whose physiognomy is verbal and whose visceral functions are linguistic. And this creature's home is the inarticulate as well as the articulate.

If truth is what you seek, then the examined life will only take you on a long ride to the limits of solitude and leave you by the side of the road with your truth and nothing else.

...capitalism does live by crises and booms, just as a human being lives by inhaling and exhaling.

When the gap between ideal and real becomes too wide, the system breaks down.

Julie was an issue riding on an issue and using a third issue for a whip.

I accept myself for who I am as a woman and a mother and this has given me the most confidence.

Ye need her as she needs ye....and Inuyasha...DO NOT FORGET WHERE YE BURIED ME!

To pace about, looking to obtain status, looking to attain 'importance' - I can think of nothing more ridiculous.