The point is, not how long you live, but how nobly you live.

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 didn't know how to show my self love, and I didn't want anyone else to hurt me. So my tough girl attitude was like, 'I'm not having it.'

To the degree we're not living our dreams, our comfort zone has more control of us than we have over ourselves.

The modern dogma is comfort at any cost.

You know what they say: When people start burning books they'll soon burn human beings.

I always say you need something weird on your face and some good shoes and nobody looks in the middle.

I think it's really important to know what you're putting into your body and give it nourishment.

When something happens people didn't predict, they find ways to explain it as if it were predictable.

I want a serious girlfriend. Somebody I can love, that's gonna love me back. Is that psycho?

Democracy, in any rational form, also imposes conditions on majority rule. That's what the Bill of Rights is about, for example.

I think you'd best make your peace with the past since you've come this far. I think you know by now that you won't go back again.