I write about violence as naturally as Jane Austen wrote about manners. Violence shapes and obsesses our society, and if read more

I write about violence as naturally as Jane Austen wrote about manners. Violence shapes and obsesses our society, and if we do not stop being violent we have no future.

It takes vision and courage to create--it takes faith and courage to prove.

It takes vision and courage to create--it takes faith and courage to prove.

Often the test of courage is not to die but to live.

Often the test of courage is not to die but to live.

It is the awareness of unfulfilled desires which gives a nation the feeling that it has a mission and a read more

It is the awareness of unfulfilled desires which gives a nation the feeling that it has a mission and a destiny.

Courage is being afraid but going on anyhow.

Courage is being afraid but going on anyhow.

One who never turned his back but marched breast forward,
Never doubted clouds would break,
Never dreamed, read more

One who never turned his back but marched breast forward,
Never doubted clouds would break,
Never dreamed, though right were worsted, wrong would triumph,
Held we fall to rise, are baffled to flight better,
Sleep to wake.

Some have been thought brave because they were afraid to run away.

Some have been thought brave because they were afraid to run away.

If you don't stand for something, you'll fall for anything.

If you don't stand for something, you'll fall for anything.

You are never a loser until you quit trying.

You are never a loser until you quit trying.