nothing contributes so much to tranquilize the mind as a steady purpose

Beware; for I am fearless, and therefore powerful.

Accursed creator! Why did you form a monster so hideous that even you turned from me in disgust?

The beginning is always today.

Nothing contributes so much to tranquilize the mind as a steady purpose - a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye.

If I cannot inspire love, I will cause fear!

You are my creator, but I am your master; Obey!

I beheld the wretch-the miserable monster whom I had created.

There is something at work in my soul, which I do not understand.

Solitude was my only consolation - deep, dark, deathlike solitude.

My dreams were all my own; I accounted for them to nobody; they were my refuge when annoyed - my dearest pleasure when free.

Happiness is a strange thing. It is something I tend to recognize only after it has passed, when I realize I miss it.

When a heart has set a course, let it navigate the laughter in failure and generosity in overcoming crisis. Love weaves lives and distills.

Until you take the first step forward, failure remains reassuringly impossible.

God is a verb, not a noun.

Terrorism is a significant threat to peace and security, prosperity and people.

He had known the love that is fed on caresses and feeds them; but this passion that was closer than his bones was not to be superficially satisfied.

Our place is somewhere between being and nonbeing - between two fictions.

You have to self-reflect. If you forget who you actually are, then what's the use of even looking in the mirror.

I truly am the reflection of perfection.

What I love about the game is that the game doesn't know who is supposed to win.