You could cry, get worried or angry like any other normal human being, as long as you remembered that, up above, your spirit was laughing out loud at all those thorny situations.

Love is just a word until someone comes along and gives it meaning.

Be brave. Take risks. Nothing can substitute experience.

When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.

Happiness is something that multiplies when it is divided.

Life is short. Kiss slowly, laugh insanely, love truly and forgive quickly

Don't forget: Beautiful sunsets need cloudy Skies.

There are moments when troubles enter our lives and we can do nothing to avoid them. But they are there for a reason. Only when we have overcome them will we understand why they were there.

The Warrior knows about the "waterfall effect".

There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure.

Hide your craziness behind a beautiful smile. That's all you need.

In addition I wanted to write a Southern novel, because I'm a Southerner.

I don't care tuppence whether I'm forced into a leadership position or not. I'd much sooner not.

Citizens with a conscience are not going to ignore wrong-doing simply because they'll be destroyed for it: the conscience forbids it.

I don't have pets, I have two guard dogs; and I don't do my own shopping; it's a security thing.

To be is to be perceived (Esse est percipi)." Or, "If a tree falls in the forest and no one is there to hear it, does it make a sound?

I don't know if there are men on the moon, but if there are they must be using the earth as their lunatic asylum

The kiss is a wordless articulation of desire whose object lies in the future, and somewhat to the south.

As your training progresses, always remember that the key to gaining the ability for spontaneous and creative technique lies in good ukemi.

Arrogance is an exaggeration of the truth.

The imagination is one of the forces of nature.