Who-only let him be a man and intent upon honor-is not eager for the honorable ordeal and prompt to assume perilous duties? To what energetic man is not idleness a punishment?

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.

Was it hard?" I ask.Letting go?"Not as hard as holding on to something that wasn't real.

I will rather be poor doing what I love, than to be rich hating what I do.

I'm not loyal enough to the Republic to stamp that loyalty right on my face. Leave that to June.

I miss the hot spots. I miss the hospital calls. I miss the nursing homes. I miss the really intimate human contact with other people, which I did nothing to earn.

Most of the time I think we're really pretty positive and optimistic, and we're so lucky to have the life that we have and had with him.

See, ya are what ya are in this world. That's either one of two things: Either you're somebody, or you ain't nobody.

War is too serious to be entrusted to generals

The best point of my novels, I think, is their humor. I want to keep many my works humorous.

I always wanted to play music and have it be my career and knew this by the age of 12

PRACTICE OF THE Art of Peace enables you to rise above praise or blame, and it frees you from attachment to this and that.