When there is no middle class, and the poor greatly exceed in number, troubles arise, and the state soon comes to an end.

It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.

Happiness depends upon ourselves.

Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all.

Adventure is worthwhile.

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.

Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity.

Be a free thinker and don't accept everything you hear as truth. Be critical and evaluate what you believe in.

Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.

Criticism is something we can avoid easily by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing.

You will need an evidence to show the world that you didn’t waste your time here on earth. Generations to come should benefit from the products of your time converted.

The problem with heroes and villains is that it’s not always easy to tell which is which. Particularly when you are one.

Darkness enveloped us again, and for the first time in years, I welcomed it.

Sighing restlessly, the boundless sea broke huge rollers into white cream which hissed hungrily up to the tideline.

She laughed. My favorite music.

What worries me is that we are increasingly enmeshed in incompetent systems, that is, systems that exhibit pathological behaviour but cant fix themselves.

We must rediscover the habit of thinking the best of each other

Perfect does not mean perfect actions in a perfect world, bur appropriate actions in an imperfect one.

Punishment is not prevention. History offers cold comfort to those who think grievance and despair can be subdued by force.

I miss home badly sometimes. But then I remember there's nothing left to miss anymore. I feel safer here.