They grow stiff in the joints. They get in a rut. They go to seed.
It is a very hard and troublesome thing to dispose of whole, half, and quarter-mistakes; to sift them and assign the portion of truth to its proper place.
The moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves too. Whatever you think you can do, or believe you can do, begin it. Action has magic, power and grace.
You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.
If you want a wise answer, ask a reasonable question.
I have come to the frightening conclusion that I am the decisive element. It is my personal approach that creates the climate. It is my daily mood that makes the weather. . . . In all situations, it is my response that decides whether a crisis is escalated or de-escalated, and a person is humanized or is dehumanized.
Everything is hard before it is easy.
There is a definite correlation between the mind and the body.
Artists are expected to talk about their work but writers aren't expected to talk about their writing.
Leave your theories. All theories, you see, even those of virtue, are bad, foolish, mischievous.
Rebellion never goes without consequences.