The most important of my discoveries has been suggested to me by my failures.

The most important of my discoveries has been suggested to me by my failures.

Go ahead, make my day.

Go ahead, make my day.

You are at enmity with yourself.

You are at enmity with yourself.

They who lack talent expect things to happen without effort. They ascribe failure to a lack of inspiration or ability, read more

They who lack talent expect things to happen without effort. They ascribe failure to a lack of inspiration or ability, or to misfortune, rather than to insufficient application. At the core of every true talent there is an awareness of the difficulties inherent in any achievement, and the confidence that by persistence and patience something worthwhile will be realized. Thus talent is a species of vigor.

Any solution to a problem changes the problem.

Any solution to a problem changes the problem.

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.

Pandemonium did not reign; it poured.

Pandemonium did not reign; it poured.

Dwelling on the negative simply contributes to its power.

Dwelling on the negative simply contributes to its power.

You cannot be lonely if you like the person you're alone with.

You cannot be lonely if you like the person you're alone with.