“Only you can make your dreams come true ...or not.”

“What differentiates brother most from brother and beast is neither purpose, perspective nor prowess. It is simply intent.”

“I am often amused and sometimes amazed by the free-reign constructs of my mind. That is why I converse regularly with myself - I am one of my better friends...”

“After the storm there will always be calm - once the winds of change have subsided”

“Opinion is often compromised in the face of fear.”

“Though time seems to expand or contract between idle and frantic moments, it passes the same in both: second by second. You can neither lose it or create it. Use it wisely.”

“War without end. Well, what was history without that? And how would having the stars change anything?”

“You are not responsible for the past, but insofar as you do nothing, you are complicit in the present created by it.”

“There are no facts, only interpretations.”

“My story is of such marvel that if it were written with a needle on the corner of an eye, it would yet serve as a lesson to those who seek wisdom.”

“There are 1,198,500,000 people alive now in China. To get a feel for what that means, simply take yourself - in all your singularity, importance, complexity, and love - and multiply by 1,198,500,00...”