He who thus considers things in their first growth and origin ... will obtain the clearest view of them.

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.

Getting carried away is stupid, it won't get me anywhere.-Nana Komatsu

What need is there to weep over parts of life? The whole of it calls for tears.

My sister started to smell trouble when on the second day of her honeymoon the groom started asking for separate checks.

Everyone has as much right as he has might.

Every time I do a movie, I think it's going to be a huge hit.

We sometimes get all the information, but we refuse to get the message.

It is always a problem to know what an image means.

Civilization is a perishable commodity.

Individual liberty and interdependence are both essential for life in society.

If Ive vividly laid out the narrative, the reader will come to his own conclusions.