The most happy ought to wish for death.

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.

The world of wonder is wonderful wilderness.

There is one word that can change weakness into strength

Hell was created for the devil and his angels. If you go, you are an intruder.

I've spent my career trying to help people without connections understand what's going on so that they have a chance of getting a fair shake from the connected and the powerful.

We are all children of the same God, and we have to come together to solve our problems and not be fighting so much.

There's nothing that the road cannot heal

Playing the drums hurts my back.

The notion of the competitiveness of countries, on the model of the competitiveness of companies, is nonsense.

The professionalization of poetry, or the balkanization, has come out of the fact that when you apply to most creative writing programs, you have to choose your genre.

The Republicans could mess up a two car parade