The art of writing is the art of restraint.

The fibers of all things have their tension and are strainedlike the strings of an instrument.

To sit alone in the lamp light with a book spread out before you-such is a pleasure beyond compare.

Silenceis the mother of truth.

The onesure way to conciliate a tiger is to allow oneself to be devoured.

A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the brick that others throw at him.

A mistake in judgement isn't fatal, but too much anxiety about judgement is.

Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of cancer cell.

You can outdistance that which is running after you, but not what is running insideyou.

There is no passion in life as intense as the desire to change someone else's draft.

Thegalleries are full of critics. They play no ball, they fight no fights. Theymake no mistakes because they attempt nothing. Down in the arena are thedoers. They make mistakes because they try many things. The man who makes nomistakes lacks boldness and

There is no knowledge that is not power.