life is really generous to those who pursue their Personal Legend

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

The simple things are also the most extraordinary things, and only the wise can see them.

So, I love you because the entire universe conspired to help me find you.

Every blessing ignored becomes a curse.

When we love, we always strive to become better than we are. When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too.

It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting.

When we first begin fighting for our dreams, we have no experience and make many mistakes. The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and get up eight times.

One is loved because one is loved. No reason is needed for loving.

When each day is the same as the next, it’s because people fail to recognize the good things that happen in their lives every day that the sun rises.

I'm an adventurer, looking for treasure

It doesn’t matter how bitter or better the past has been, what we can do with the bitter or better past today is what matters.

To return to nature is to embrace extinction.

The investment banks should either choose to be regulated as banks or should arrange to conduct their affairs to not require the stop-gap support of the Federal Reserve.

If I play a stupid girl and ask a stupid question, I've got to follow it through. What am I supposed to do, look intelligent?

Winning does not tempt that man. This is how he grows: by being defeated, decisively, by constantly greater beings.

And, in fine, the ancient precept, "Know thyself," and the modern precept, "Study nature," become at last one maxim.

The power of making war often prevents it.

Violence breeds violence. Acts of violence committed in "justice" or in affirmation of "rights" or in defense of "peace" do not end violence. They prepare and justify its continuation.

I drink alone in my study, huddled close to the brazier.

I can't really do anything about the past and all I can do is just embrace the future and try to make the most of the present. So I'm really trying to do that and doing my best every day.