To govern was to serve, not to rule.

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.

If you would know and not be known live in a city.

There is one catagory of advertising which is totally uncontrolled and flagrantly dishonest: the television commercials for candidates in Presidential elections.

A good rule for discussion is to use hard facts and a soft voice.

What I set seems to never extinguish

I fear that I won't get better and that I won't have time to practice. To be called a "jazz musician" - it's a big responsibility.

One should always dress like a marble column.

The roots of war are in the way we live our daily lives -- the way we develop our industries, build up our society, and consume goods.

Ordinary is a word that has no meaning.

My second book, Follow Me Down had some success, got good critical notices, went into a second printing and things like that, but Shiloh was by far the most successful of those first five novels.

Books are a refuge, a sort of cloistral refuge, from the vulgarities of the actual world.