When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.
The Internet is like alcohol in some sense. It accentuates what you would do anyway. If you want to be a loner, you can be more alone. If you want to connect, it makes it easier to connect.
I definitely believe in God. How can you look at anything and not be overwhelmed by the miraculousness of it?
I meant, said Ipslore bitterly, what is there in this world that truly makes living worthwhile? Death thought about it. Cats, he said eventually. Cats are nice.
If you would not be forgotten, as soon as you are rotten, either write things worth reading or do things worth the writing.
There are three cures for ennui: sleep, drink and travel.
Truth crushed to the earth is truth still and like a seed will rise again.
Duty, then, is the sublimest word in our language. Do your duty in all things. You cannot do more, you should never wish to do less.