Riches, the incentives to evil, are dug out of the earth.

My hopes are not always realized, but I always hope.

A horse never runs so fast as when he has other horses to catch up and outpace.

Quarrels are the dowry which married folk bring one another.

Be patient and tough; someday this pain will be useful to you.

Make the workmanship surpass the materials.

Love is no assignment for cowards.

Happy is the man who has broken the chains which hurt the mind, and has given up worrying once and for all.

The man who has experienced shipwreck shudders even at a calm sea.

Dripping water hollows out stone, not through force but through persistence.

If you want to be loved, be lovable.

May we have equal concern for each other to create a unified world.

The secret prayer chamber is a bloody battleground. Here violent and decisive battles are fought out. Here the fate of souls for time and eternity is determined, in quietude and solitude.

Don't waste your time complaining, use your energy to create a solution. Even a 10% resolution is progress.

That night, in the dark, dressed to kill, I lost my life—and became twenty forever.

It is very difficult to make one's way in this world without being wicked at one time or another, when the world's way is so wicked to being with.

NOTHING is worth hurting yourself over. NOTHING is worth taking your life over, DO YOU UNDERSTAND?!

Write your own book instead of reading someone else's book about success

If you aren't breaking tackles, you aren't doing anything.

The Universe is a masterpiece of abundance.

Babies don't need a vacation, but I still see them at the beach... it pisses me off! I'll go over to a little baby and say 'What are you doing here? You haven't worked a day in your life!'