“The past is a candle at great distance: too close to let you quit, too far to comfort you”

“The voice of the intellect is a soft one, but it does not rest until it has gained a hearing.”

“Nobody should pin their hopes on a miracle.”

“There is no way around hard work, embrace it”

“If you can't explain it to a six year old, you don't understand it yourself.”

“Either I will find a way, or I will make one”

“To accept one’s past—one’s history—is not the same thing as drowning in it; it is ...”

“I would rather die of passion than of boredom.”

“If you think adventure is dangerous, try routine: it is lethal.”

“I know this world is cold and deceiving but I keep my head up like my nose is bleeding”

“YOU decide what your limits are, and YOU decide your level of success. You are responsible...”

“The person who risks nothing does nothing, has nothing, is nothing, and becomes nothing”

“Let your plans be dark and impenetrable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.”