Death is sometimes a punishment, often a gift; to many it has been a favor.

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.

Literature is a microscope

War is the ultimate game because war is at last a forcing of the unity of existence. War is god.

I know that if I'd had to go and take an exam for acting, I wouldn't have got anywhere. You don't take exams for acting, you take your courage.

The division of labor among nations is that some specialize in winning and others in losing.

Useless people are not improved by giving them the impression that they are useful.

If you put forth a really diverse cast and you fight for it and it doesn't do well - and it may fail for other reasons - you're gone because you stuck your neck out for that decision.

On the contrary, the most urgent problem today is how to limit and discourage the over-fertility of the mentally and physically defective.

I've lived a life which has been pretty much full up with ambition, ideas, stimulus, creativity, some negativity which I try and avoid.

If you put it on the table as a bargaining chip, it becomes a bargaining chip

Every man has by the law of nature a right to such a waste portion of the earth as is necessary for his subsistence.