A gem is not polished without rubbing, nor is a man perfected without trials.

We knowwhat happens to people who stay in the middle of the road. They get run over.

We often pardon those who bore us, we cannot pardon those whom we bore.

Wecould never learn to be brave and patient if there were only joy in the world.

Reason is my philosophy, is only a harmony among irrational impulses.

Originality is the art of Concealing your Source.

Allthings at first appear difficult.

Peoplespend a lifetime searching for happiness; looking for peace. They chase idledreams, addictions, religions, even other people, hoping to fill theemptiness that plagues them. The irony is the only place they ever needed tosearch was within.

Tofight fear, act. To increase fear wait, put off, postpone.

The most important things are the hardest to say, because words diminish them.

Before youbuild a better mousetrap, make sure you have some mice out there.

Unless aman has trained himself for his chance, the chance will only make him lookridiculous.