Have a definite, clear, practical ideal - a goal, an objective.

It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.

Happiness depends upon ourselves.

Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all.

Adventure is worthwhile.

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.

Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity.

Be a free thinker and don't accept everything you hear as truth. Be critical and evaluate what you believe in.

Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.

Criticism is something we can avoid easily by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing.

That just the way it is. Some things will never change. That's just the way it is. But don't you believe them.

In a world where language and naming are power, silence is oppression, is violence.

Democracy is worth dying for, because it's the most deeply honorable form of government ever devised by man.

I am better than my reputation.

The world is governed by love,--self-love.

I think training and being dedicated is very important, but one aspect that I always live by is that I enjoy myself in what I do!

How few young men realize that their success in life depends more upon what they are than upon what they know. It is self-esteem that has brought the race this far.

The way to win the race is not to trip somebody else. Simply have more energy. You will not only have a greater chance of winning; but whether you win or lose, you'll be happy.

Manu Ginobili is just a baller dude.

I have to say that writing about my writing process is more daunting than writing non-fiction.