While an original is always hard to find, he is easy to recognize.

The wonder of imagination is this: It has the power to light its own fire.

Gain control of your time, and you will gain control of your life.

Indifference, lukewarmness, and neutrality are always attached to failure.

When you're good at making excuses, it's hard to excel at anything else.

Never take direction for your personal life from a crowd.

Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts... perhaps the fear of a loss of power.

The joy of writing.The power of preserving.Revenge of a mortal hand.

If you can remember why you started, then you will know why you must continue.

I once had been in the middle of a mass chaos and terrible riots.There, I witnessed how men were truly such as beasts unleashed.

His overactive charm poured out like a lone drainage pipe after a flash flood.

I’m awfully sorry for people who are taken in by all of today’s dietary mumbo jumbo. They are not getting any enjoyment out of their food.

Nurture the spontaneous peaceful life.

The conversation seemed just as boring and forgettable as details of American history around 1805, for example.

The notion of American exceptionalism is effective in part because there is little on the face of it that is offensive.

The more varied the characters, the better, as far as I'm concerned.