Believe it!

One day you will be the one called Master (Naruto). You'll be the one to treat others to ramen. We can't stay kids forever." - Shikamaru Nara (Naruto)

A smile is the best way to get away with trouble even if it’s a fake one.

Live your life so that you’ll have no regrets. No matter how hard, no matter how sad, if something is precious to you, protect it with both arms.

It’s foolish to fear what we’ve yet to see and know.

forgive yourself for what you aren't able to do, the ones who aren't able to acknowledge their ownselves are bound to fail

When a man learns to love, he must bear the risk of hatred.

We don't know what kind of people we truly are until the moment before our deaths. As death comes to embrace you, you will realize what you are. That's what death is, don't you think?

The difference between insanity and genius is measured only by success and failure.

You were the leaves, basking in the sunlight. I was the root, growing in the darkness ~Danzo

n the world, those who break the rules are scum, but those who abandon their friends are worse than scum.

It is the curse of the powerful to be blind to their own faults.

Neither bribe nor loose thy right.

I'm not focused on being perfect. I like trial and error. You learn through uncomfortable experiences. And now I know what doesn't work for me, and I know what does.

Healing comes when the individual remembers his or her identity—the purpose chosen in the world of ancestral wisdom—and reconnects with that world of Spirit.

When you come to actually act, it's a game. It may be a very serious game, but it's still a game. If you lose that sense of play, the work suffers.

[On the camel:] Its weak point is its morale, and it is here that so much depends on its human master. Discouragement is fatal ... it loses heart, sinks by the wayside and dies.

My end goal in the piano is to play Scott Joplin's 'Maple Leaf Rag.

I always say, 'Books beat boredom,' said Amanda wisely.

The trouble with having a stubbornness contest with your kids is that they have your stubbornness gene.

Where else? I belong to a lost generation and am comfortable only in the company of others who are lost and lonely.