To withdraw is not to run away, and to stay is no wise action, when there's more reason to fear than to hope.

Pray, look better, sir... those things yonder are no giants, but windmills.

Never stand begging for that which you have the power to earn.

In order to attain the impossible, one must attempt the absurd.

He who loses wealth loses much; he who loses a friend loses more; but he that loses his courage loses all.

How will he who does not know how to govern himself know how to govern others?

Three things too much, and three too little are pernicious to man; to speak much, and know little; to spend much, and have little; to presume much, and be worth little.

That one man scorned and covered with scars Still strove with his last ounce of courage To reach the unreachable star.

Too much sanity may be madness and the maddest of all, to see life as it is and not as it should be.

The wicked are always ungrateful.

Her father guarded her, and she guarded herself; for there are no padlocks, bolts, or bars, that secure a maiden better than her own reserve.

Hesitate once, hesitate twice, hesitate a hundred times before employing political standards as a device for the analysis and appreciation of poetry.

Don't be envious of the Success of others, but let it be your Motivation to thrive

You must understand: they fear you. There is nothing scarier in their minds than a girl who knows the power of her flames.

James is why I never left. I should have left.

[R]eligion cannot share the material strength of the rulers without being burdened with some of the animosity roused against them.

When the jig is up, there is no need for additional dancing.

I mean it's very hard to meditate and live a spiritual life in America. People think you're a freak if you try to.

My books have come many years apart and each one seems to reflect a period of experience. Ending the book is like putting a period on a certain movement. Interior and external - both.

The world still hasn't seen the best of Sean Paul.

The writing is done on the computer, and the drawing is done by hand. I write, write, write, then I hit the illustration.