Danger breeds best on too much confidence.

The greater the effort, the greater the glory.

A liar is always lavish of oaths.

Self-love is the source of all our other loves.

Heaven often regulates effects by their causes, and pays the wicked what they have deserved.

When there is no peril in the fight there is no glory in the triumph.

The manner of giving is worth more than the gift.

Clemency is the noblest trait which can reveal a true monarch to the world.

To take revenge halfheartedly is to court disaster; either condemn or crown your hatred.

He who plays advisor is no longer ambassador.

Time is a great manager: it arranges things well.

Freedom was my daring travel companion on the thrilling ride of life.

Creativity is improvisation

My biggest error? Something that is to happen yet.

I myself don't know what makes my books work. I enter a bookstore and I'm frankly overwhelmed by the number of books in most of them, and I know people are buying mine.

Music becomes very personal. When you marry a message you want to send out into the world with good music, all of a sudden you have a very potent way of delivering your message.

I always feel very grateful when someone offers me a job.

The wilderness does not make you forget your normal life so much as it removes the distractions for proper remembering.

A person who follows the dharma is unpredictable because the dharma is unpredictable.

I'd like to believe there's a little of Hitler and Napoleon in me. Even if I try, I can't be as selfless as Mahatma Gandhi and Mother Teresa.

Acting has helped me detox in football. Getting lost in a character and a scene, it's awesome.