Pain is the outcome of sin.

The evolution from happiness to habit is one of death's best weapons.

Be still when you have nothing to say; when genuine passion moves you, say whatyou've got to say, and say it hot.

Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it is faced.

Kindness is never wasted. If it has no effect on the recepient, at least it benefits the bestower.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

Thereis all the difference in the world between having something to say and havingto say something.

One hallmark of freedom is the sound of laughter.

If youare leaning over to starboard to balance the boat against the other guy'spropensity to lean too far to port, both of you are about to get wet.

Write injuries in dust, benefits in marble.

There is no evil in the atoms, only in men's souls.

An artist is a cut above the critic, for the artist is writing something which will move the critic. The critic is writing something which will move everybody but the artist