We are less convinced by what we hear than by what we see.

If a man insisted always on being serious, and never allowed himself a bit of fun and relaxation, he would go mad or become unstable without knowing it.

Men trust their ears less than their eyes.

The secret of success is that it is not the absence of failure, but the absence of envy.

Adversity has the effect of drawing out strength and qualities of a man that would have laid dormant in its absence.

In peace sons bury fathers, but war violates the order of nature, and fathers bury sons.

Egypt is the gift of the Nile.

Where wisdom is called for, force is of little use.

Very few things happen at the right time, and the rest do not happen at all. The conscientious historian will correct these defects.

It is better to be envied than pitied.

All of life is action and passion, and not to be involved in the actions and passions of your time is to risk having not really lived at all.

If you know what the treasure of time is worth, if you know that time is a resource, then you will actually be able to convert your time into any product you want.

You are my forever Chloe and today is just the beginning of great things to come for us. Without you in my life things would be empty. You honestly make me who I am. I’m a better man because of you

Character is what we do when no one else is watching"~R. Alan Woods [2012]

Human beings seem unable to live without war, but they are also unable to live without love.

I've had a big heart my whole life; all the Korn fans know that. A lot of people told me that I was different.

I cant write about something I dont admire. It goes back to the old concept of the celebration: you celebrate the hero, an idea.

Ahimsa is the eradication of the desire to injure or to kill.

I am vain. I think vanity is a good thing. It's done more good things for me than it has not.

The sister's face Fell all in wrinkles of responsibility. She wanted to do right. She'd have to think.

I am always urging my students to honor their writing practice, to set up a schedule.