We should have a bond of sympathy for all sentient beings, knowing that only the depraved and base take pleasure in the sight of blood and suffering.

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.

Moving a pile of bricks from one side of the room to the other requires strength. Time, discipline, patience.

Effective health care depends on self-care this fact is currently heralded as if it were a discovery.

In the majority of cases, conscience is an elastic and very flexible article

Imagine what our real neighborhoods would be like if each of us offered . . . just one kind word to another person.

Any sort of plain speaking is better than the nauseous sham good fellowship our democratic public men get up for shop use.

For President Donald Trump, questions about transparency start with his taxes, and why he's breaking with tradition and not releasing his returns.

We all live in fear of getting blocked no matter what kind of art we're trying to do. It happens all the time, but I prefer to think of it as a bad day.

The thriller genre in general, it's total foreign ground for me.

All things in the world come from being. And being comes from non-being.

It's nice to know that what you're doing is being read and enjoyed by a good deal of people.