No action will be considered blameless, unless the will was so, for by the will the act was dictated.

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.

Art is long, life is short. Unless your funding is f%$ked, in which case all our days are numbered.

The indifference of the many, combined with the active hatred of the few, has sealed the fate of animals.

Fascism means first of all defending your nation against the dangers that threaten it. It means the destruction of these dangers and the opening of a free way to life and glory for your nation.

I'm going up to my room now, where I may die.

I have always been allergic to telephones. As far as I am concerned, they are very seldom time-savers and very often the destroyers of schedules.

A flower is relatively small... Still in a way-nobody sees a flower-so I said to myself-I'll paint it big.

Getting an award on Top Gear is better than getting a Grammy.

No; he could be ruined again and again by hope, but he would never be capable of belief.

Jazz musicians have some outlaw in them somewhere.

And the first five places are filled by five different cars.