How to write a book? Start writing, continue writing and finish writing.

People would rather live in a community with unreasonable claims, than face loneliness with their truth

A humble heart, a friendly look, a smile on the face is really what you need to break the ice, not a very big axe.

The world is like a brute beast, you teach it how it should behave towards you

Those who complain that fate is against them will have a hard time finding happiness in their lives

Some beliefs are so strongly held that some believers are ready to lose their heads rather than the belief they carry therein

When something looks impossible, don’t give up without testing its impossibility

As you fight any war, sometimes the result may be defeat. Learn to be heroic even in your defeats.

Life has a meaning but do not set out to find out. Just live it out.

This life is not perfect, live it to the full, it's all we have

You will always find all the time you need in the world to do what you love. If you can’t find the time, it’s not important for you

Science increases our understanding in proportion as it lowers our pride.

He wanted me to come home--to come home, as he said, and settle down, and whenever he said that I thought of the sediment at the bottom of a stagnant pond.

A secret note is secret. There is no reason to sign it.

We have only this moment sparkling like a star in our hand ... and melting like a snowflake. Let us use it before it is too late.

How much can a dragon carry? As much as it thinks it can

Never take advice from someone you wouldn't trade places with.

F.D.R. achieved greatness not by means of imposing his temperament and intellect on the world but by reacting to what the world threw at him.

Eh. Hipster's not really a thing anymore. Plus, hipster or out of touch old dude? Same uniform really.

Poetry and music I have banished, But the stupidity Of root, shoot, blossom or clay Makes no demand. I bend my body to the spade Or grope with a dirty hand.

Men are now proud of belonging to a conquering nation, and without a murmur they lay down their persons and their wealth, if by so doing they may fend off subjection.