“Your past has already been written and the words cannot be changed, but your future is waiting to be written; make it a bestseller.”

“The passionate heart touches the sky. The meditative mind enters it.”

“Through contemplation we become a reflection of the soul rather than the head. And, in the soul dwells a greater mind.”

“The greed of power drowns our ethics.”

“Understanding comes hard to persons of high rank who are accustomed to phony lifestyles that involve no daily work.”

“Creation and destruction are the two ends of the same moment. And everything between the creation and the next destruction is the journey of life.”

“But understanding will always require some effort. You probably wouldn't admire a friend who was good at everything if it cost her no effort.”

“The value of doing something does not lie in the ease or difficulty, the probability or improbability of its achievement, but in the vision, the plan, the determination and the perseverance, the ef...”

“Of what use can our labour be, when the labours we record are in themselves entirely useless?”

“Anything that just costs money is cheap.”