I believe the universe presents more options to a more loving mind.
It is better to pay tribute of gold to the enemy than tribute of blood in war.
Those whom fate has dealt hard knocks remain vulnerable for ever afterwards.
Nothing that has ever been thought and said with a clear mind and pure ethical strength is totally in vain; even if it comes froma weak hand and is imperfectly formed, it inspires the ethical spirit to constantly renewed creation.
In this instant, shaken to her very depths, this ecstatic human being has a first inkling that the soul is made of stuff so mysteriously elastic that a single event can make it big enough to contain the infinite.
If you are going to sell yourself, you should at least get a good price.
One never gets to know a person's character better than by watching his behavior during decisive moments. . . . It is always only danger which forces the most deeply hidden strengths and abilities of a human being to come forth.
The American Dream is ownership a house, a car, a vacation home and, even better, your own business
What I try to do is write. I may write for two weeks ‘the cat sat on the mat, that is that, not a rat,’. . . . And it might be just the most boring and awful stuff. But I try. When I’m writing, I write. And then it’s as if the muse is convinced that I’m serious and says, ‘Okay. Okay. I’ll come.
If you listen to one project and think that's everything I do, you're completely wrong.
(You wouldn't believe how many people will hang up a picture of an electric chair? especially if it matches the color of their curtains.