Mastery, to whatever degree your circumstance allows, is determined by a handful of choices repeated daily.

We see that the vast majority of our suffering is needless, and simply arises from the misidentification with our thinking mind.

Society is a collection of selves perpetuating their myth.

The major events in our lives receive the entire spotlight, but ultimately your life will be defined by the same handful of choices you make each day.

My growth as a human being has been directly proportional to my growth as a marital artist.

Jiu Jitsu is the vehicle. Not the road.

You are never as good as you think you are, and you are never as bad as you believe yourself to be.

There is no higher calling than service to your fellow man, and to do so through your own personal mastery of a craft is a gift enjoyed by few. Cultivate this gift, and give it away.

Your potential for growth is directly proportionate to the degree to which you are willing to make mistakes.

Do not get caught pursuing the goals of who you used to be instead of who you are.

The more specifically you define your goals the more attainable they become.

Are you coming back to campus or you sticking around here with the prick?

Losing streaks are funny. If you lose at the beginning you got off to a bad start. If you lose in the middle of the season, you're in a slump. If you lose at the end, you're choking.

Deserve your dream.

For always roaming with a hungry heart.

Poor is the man whose future depends on the opinions and permission of others. Remember this, if you are afraid of criticism, you will die doing nothing!

Brandon Sanderson is the real thing-an exciting storyteller with a unique and powerful vision. ELANTRIS is one of the finest debuts I've seen in years.

Islam is based on naql (texts) and ‘aql (intellect). Some people just have the texts – we call them naql-heads.

Take one story, viewed from two different angles. It is the same day, the same moment, but one angle ends happily... and the other ends badly.

My age fallen away like white swaddling Floats in the middle distance, becomes An inhabited cloud.

If we listen to our hearts, believe in ourselves, and pull together, nothing can stand in our way.