Never make a defense or apology before you are accused.

Never make a defense or apology before you are accused.

Discontent is something that follows ambition like a shadow.

Discontent is something that follows ambition like a shadow.

I am not judged by the number of times I fail, but by the number of times I succeed; and read more

I am not judged by the number of times I fail, but by the number of times I succeed; and the number of times I succeed is in direct proportion to the number of times I can fail and keep on trying.

If you pray for rain, don't be surprised if you're struck by lightning.

If you pray for rain, don't be surprised if you're struck by lightning.

The easiest way to be cheated is to believe yourself to be more cunning than others.

The easiest way to be cheated is to believe yourself to be more cunning than others.

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.

Just don't give up trying to do what you really want to do. Where there is love and inspiration, I read more

Just don't give up trying to do what you really want to do. Where there is love and inspiration, I don't think you can go wrong.

Argument is conclusive... but... it does not remove doubt, so that the mind may rest in the sure knowledge of read more

Argument is conclusive... but... it does not remove doubt, so that the mind may rest in the sure knowledge of the truth, unless it finds it by the method of experiment. For if any man who never saw fire proved by satisfactory arguments that fire burns. his hearer's mind would never be satisfied, nor would he avoid the fire until he put his hand in it that he might learn by experiment what argument taught.

Anger is one of the sinews of the Soul; he that wants it hath a maimed mind.

Anger is one of the sinews of the Soul; he that wants it hath a maimed mind.