The greatest reward of righteousness is peace of mind.

The willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life is the source from which self-respect springs.

In art and dream may you proceed with abandon. In life may you proceed with balance and stealth.

Although the world is full of suffering, it is full also of the overcoming of it.

One shouldn't just hope to be treated well: one must insist on it.

He who has peace of mind disturbs neither himself nor another.

Life was meant to be lived, and curiosity must be kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life.

My dark days made me strong. Or maybe I already was strong, and they made me prove it.

Admire as much as you can, most people don't admire enough.

A book must be the axe for the frozen sea inside us.

Beware; for I am fearless, and therefore powerful.

You will never get any more out of life than you expect.