Arm yourselves and be ye men of valour, and be in readiness for the conflict, for it is better for us to perish in battle than to look upon the outrage of our nation and our altar.

There is a real magic in enthusiasm. It spells the difference between mediocrity and accomplishment.

A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world.

A house is not a home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body.

Never hesitate to ask a lesser person.

When a stupid man is doing something he is ashamed of, he always declares that it is his duty.

Learned helplessness is the giving-up reaction, the quitting response that follows from the belief that whatever you do doesn't matter.

Soon the child learns that there are strangers, and ceases to be a child.

The more vulnerable and the more confused the song is, the equal and opposite effect is how I feel after having written it.

If you prick us do we not bleed? If you tickle us do we not laugh? If you poison us do we not die? And if you wrong us shall we not revenge?

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