There is no benefit so large that malignity will not lessen it; none so narrow that a good interpretation will not enlarge it.

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 overheard Nona talking about my little buds and how she remembered back when she was developing into a woman, and that was enough for me.

Instead of trying to specify a system in full detail, specify it only somewhat. You can then ride on the dynamics of the system in the direction you want to go.

I have great genes. Thank you to my mom and dad for that one.

I'm a recognizable person and some people feel the need for some reason to take me to task. You're really messing with the wrong person on that one.

But just because you bury something, that doesn't mean it stops existing. Those feelings, they'd been there all along. All that time. I had to face it.

Property is surely a right of mankind as real as liberty.

I was different, I was always different. Why didn't anybody notice me?

Every generation in America has faced the same question, do we we want America to be special? Or do we just want America to be another country? The time has come again.

Because I am an African I reserve the right to say that Africa does not exist simply to make people in this country [the UK], or anywhere else in the developed world, feel good about themselves.

Most scientists I know don't care enough about religion even to call themselves atheists.