O friend, never strike sail to a fear!

Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.

Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.

A man's growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends.

When a man is pushed, tormented, defeated, he has a chance to learn something.

Beauty without expression tires.

Nature always wears the colors of the spirit.

Life Is a Journey, Not a Destination.

Every sunset brings the promise of a new dawn

To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.

The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.

If they tell me one more time that I'm using the wrong fork for a part of a meal, I swear I'll show them exactly how multifunctional the utensil can be.

There is not a simple gene pool entirely free of toxic waste.

Setting that little girl loose in her society would be like putting a fox in with the chickens. (Violet Strange's detective boss.)

I am no bird; and no net ensnares me; I am a free human being with an independent will.

You have to reform yourself before reforming society and the world.

I've always been a picky eater but I'm not the healthiest eater.

Women are great bullsh*t detectors. They know when it's not real.

If you have not tasted poverty, you will not be able to manage blessing when it comes. If you have not tasted humiliation, you will not be able to manage honour when it comes.

He knelt and bent lower, till her breath warmed his face, and in a moment his cheek was in contact with hers. She was sleeping soundly, and upon her eyelashes there lingered tears.

I know a girl, she been married so many times, she got rice marks all over her face