“The young think that failure is the Siberian end of the line, banishment from all the living, and tend to do what I then did - which was to hide.”

“I love America more than any other country in this world, and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually.”

“Love takes off masks that we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot live within.”

“Love him and let him love you. Do you think anything else under heaven really matters?”

“Fires can't be made with dead embers, nor can enthusiasm be stirred by spiritless men. Enthusiasm in our daily work lightens effort and turns even labor into pleasant tasks.”

“It is very nearly impossible... to become an educated person in a country so distrustful of the independent mind.”

“Lost Time is never found again.”

“How you spend your time is more important than how you spend your money. Money mistakes can be corrected, but time is gone forever.”

“Men talk of killing time, while time quietly kills them.”

“I'm choosing happiness over suffering, I know I am. I'm making space for the unknown future to fill up my life with yet-to-come surprises.”

“Future warns us through current symptoms in nature.”

“Human relationships always help us to carry on because they always presuppose further developments, a future - and also because we live as if our only task was precisely to have relationships with ...”

“Life is about accepting the challenges along the way, choosing to keep moving forward, and savoring the journey.”

“I don't run away from a challenge because I am afraid. Instead, I run towards it because the only way to escape fear is to trample it beneath your foot”

“What makes you so dare to challenge me, kiddo?It ain't about you, Sir. I just wanna confront my fear.”