The deepest wretchedness often results from a perpetual continuation of petty trials.

A more glorious victory cannot be gained over another than this, that when the injury began on his part, the kindness begins on ours.

An ordinary intellect will, by industry and perseverance, often accomplish more than a much superior one, deficient in energy and the power of endurance.

It is not because things are difficult that we dare not undertake them. Be then bold in spirit. Indulge no doubts, for doubts are traitors.

Nothing makes a man better than to forgive his faults.

Communities that can't read and translate what the powers are putting out will always be tricked.

There are no shortcuts to greatness

Do not show your wounded finger for everything will knock up against it.

We all die and disappear, but that's because the mechanism of the world itself is built on destruction and loss.

None of you has ever failed. School may have failed you. Goodbye to failure, children. Welcome to success.

He who honestly instructs reverences God.

I've been a fan of the Marvel Universe since I was a little child.

I love art and I find myself at the MoMA all the time. Museums are a real refuge for me. I go to a museum for any break that I have, and I'm very inspired by art.

We can lift ourselves, and others as well, when we refuse to remain in the realm of negative thought and cultivate within our hearts an attitude of gratitude.