If you choose to keep your true face secret, then the people who know you by one mask, must never meet those who know you by another.

People fear what they do not understand.

Always hear others out and remain open-minded the day you think you know everything is the day you have the most yet to learn.

The more a mind thinks upon something, the deeper it will take root and affect all subsequent and related thought.

Most physical battles begin once mental ones have been lost, anyway. Conquer the mind, conquer the body.

The mind thinks upon, processes, and remembers what the senses forget.

The lion does not need the whole world to fear him, only those nearest where he roams.

Like tiny gods, all that we say and do holds a power so great that any one of us in any given moment can be responsible for the birth of a new civilization or the collapse of our own.

No army is comprised of all the same kinds of units or types of troops. There is power in diversity. If you always see only one choice, or use only one option, you will surely lose more than you win.

Always think at least two steps ahead [in everything, with everyone].

[Everything you write is] not simply a collection of words, but a means of influence not to be taken lightly. Let your recipient's emotions be the gondola, and your words, its gondolier.

A deus ex machina will never appear in real life so you best make other arrangements.

There are plenty of chances in life, what's important is what you make of them.

I'd just like to be treated like a regular customer.

Youth comes but once a life time. Perhaps, but it remains strong in many for their entire lives.

I have grown more forgiving. I accept that not everything is for me. I'm not as in love with my own opinions as I used to be. And anger is not something that comes to me as quickly as it once did.

Composing is just another exciting thing. It's as exciting as being in a band. It's kind of like joining a new band for three months.

The ex-left-hander Dave Roberts will be going for Houston.

This is a way you can learn about someone through very stressful situations. That is when a person is either gonna shine or falter.

A cat's New Year dream is mostly a bird! Don't be like a cat; in New Year Dream something that you have never dreamed! Target for new things.

And those Texas sunsets... I work a lot in Africa: Texas and Africa have the best sunsets on the planet, that I've ever seen.