Where silence is not allowed, what then is permissible?

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.

No conflict no story

Other people's stories may become part of your own, the foundation of it, the ground it goes on.

Experience has two things to teach: The first is that we must correct a great deal the second that we must not correct too much.

Abandon your animosities and make your sons Americans!

I was pissed that I couldn’t go out and celebrate like someone turning twenty-one typically would, so I wore black hair to show my family just how pissed off I was.

Reputation shows who people think you are. Character shows who you really are.

I was too jitterbuggy happy to sleep, and the whole day kept playing in my brain's little screening room.

People optimize locally - that is, they do what's best for themselves.

What is desperately needed... is the skepticism and the sense of history that a liberal arts education provides.

Events do not really have beginnings or ends. Behind every event is the previous one, causing, or helping to cause, what follows.