Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.
The best of us must sometimes eat our words.
Books...are like lobster shells, we surround ourselves with 'em, then we grow out of 'em and leave 'em behind, as evidence of our earlier stages of development.
Only some people get what they want. Those are the people who show up to get it.
It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare.
Illusions are art, for the feeling person, and it is by art that you live, if you do.
Even the best of friends need time apart.