I once asked a hermit in Italy how he could venture to live alone in a single cottage on the top of a mountain a mile from any habitation? He replied that Providence was his next-door neighbor.
In solitude the mind gains strength and learns to lean upon itself.
Respect for ourselves guides our morals respect for others guides our manners.
Religion which lays so many restraints upon us is a troublesome companion to...
Lessons of wisdom have the most power over us when they capture the heart...
Only the brave know how to forgive... a coward never forgave it is not in his...
I take a simple view of life. It is keep your eyes open and get on with it.
The desire of knowledge like the thirst of riches increases ever with the...
But the wicked passions of men's hearts alone seem strong enough to leave...
I think the idea that you can go this alone is - was a huge mistake. And...
I have two ideas for novels at the moment neither of them all that...
Something about Texas I'm not proud of is that our state murdered 37 people...
I spend my life essentially alone at a computer. That doesn't change. I have...
I can support going in after Saddam Hussein but I want to make sure I don't...
I can barely remember what I wrote yesterday let alone 10 years ago.