There is no security on this earth; there is only opportunity.

The miracle is not that we do this work, but that we are happy to do it.

All the reasonings of men are not worth one sentiment of women.

Through our own recovered innocence we discern the innocence of our neighbors.

It’s not the load that breaks you down, it’s the way you carry it.

But O, how bitter a thing it is to look into happiness through another man’s eyes.

Life is far too important a thing ever to talk seriously about.

This is the truth: as from a fire aflame thousands of sparks come forth, even so from the Creator an infinity of beings have life and to him return again.

As you get older, time speeds up but life slows down.

There is a very fine line between loving life and being greedy for it.

Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.

As a general rule, the most successful man in life is the man who has the best information.

Life, an age to the miserable, and a moment to the happy.

It’s the niceties that make the difference fate gives us the hand, and we play the cards.

No one was ever great without some portion of divine inspiration.

Consider, when you are enraged at any one, what you would probably think if he should die during the dispute.

I have a hard time figuring out what kind of box to put me in, too, because I don’t know exactly what’s going on around me or why. But I need to stay outside of boxes because then I can look at what’s inside of them without being part of them.

Work out your own salvation. Do not depend on others.

It’s life isn’t it? You plow ahead and make a hit. And you plow on and someone passes you. Then someone passes them. Time levels.

Many times, we miss out on God’s best because we give up too soon. We don’t realize how close we are to victory.

If you’re not failing every now and again, it’s a sign you’re not doing anything very innovative.

The only way you gain mental toughness is to do things you’re not happy doing. If you continue doing things that you’re satisfied and make you happy, you’re not getting stronger. You’re staying where you’re at. Either you’re getting better, or you’re getting worse. You’re not staying the same.

Pull the string, and it will follow wherever you wish. Push it, and it will go nowhere at all.

Around every corner, always protect the engine that powers you.

Rule number one is: Beat your team-mate.

Money won’t create success, the freedom to make it will.

Even the best teams can fail. Celebrities can fade. There is only One in whom your faith is always safe, and that is in the Lord Jesus Christ. And you need to let your faith show!

Chance is an element of life. What I try to do is study what I call the mechanics of reality as carefully as I can.

Voyagers discover that the world can never be larger than the person that is in the world; but it is impossible to foresee this, it is impossible to be warned.

The world is full of willing people; some willing to work, the rest willing to let them.

Alas! You complain that your soul is out of tune. Then ask the Master to tune the heart-strings.

Ideas excite me, and as soon as I get excited, the adrenaline gets going and the next thing I know I’m borrowing energy from the ideas themselves.

Youth is a wonderful thing. What a crime to waste it on children.

If social stability goes pear-shaped, you have a choice between anarchy and dictatorship. Most people will opt for more security, even if they have to give up some personal freedom.

Faced with what is right, to leave it undone shows a lack of courage.

If what you did yesterday seems big, you haven’t done anything today.

My mother had a saying: ‚Kamala, you may be the first to do many things, but make sure you’re not the last.‘

How did it get so late so soon? Its night before its afternoon. December is here before its June. My goodness how the time has flewn. How did it get so late so soon?

I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do.

I, personally, think there is a really danger of taking food too seriously. Food should be part of the bigger picture.

Finite to fail, but infinite to venture.

A man will fight harder for his interests than for his rights.

Don’t wish it were easier, wish you were better.

It is better to be beautiful than to be good. But… it is better to be good than to be ugly.

No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it’s not the same river and he’s not the same man.

The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential… these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence.

It is often safer to be in chains than to be free.

I want to put a ding in the universe.

Everybody has a purpose.

My drive is other people’s success.

People think, because we’re young, we aren’t complex, but that’s not true. We deal with life and love and broken hearts in the same way a woman a few years older might.

Life is a gamble. You can get hurt, but people die in plane crashes, lose their arms and legs in car accidents; people die every day. Same with fighters: some die, some get hurt, some go on. You just don’t let yourself believe it will happen to you.

When I wake up, I expect things to be good. If they’re not, then I try to set about trying to make them as good as I can ‚cause I know I’m gonna have to live that day anyway. So why not try to make the most of it if you can? Some days, they pan out a little better than others, but you still gotta always just try.

If you don’t live your life, then who will?

Start wide, expand further, and never look back.

Not brute force but only persuasion and faith are the kings of this world.

Most of our lives aren’t that exciting, but the drama is still going on in the small details.

Some people focus more on sonics. Some people focus more on story. I focus on both sonics and story, but music sometimes, just music itself, can turn into more of a maths problem. I guess everything in life is a math problem, but it can be more about an empirical route to getting the symmetry that you want, and this vibe, sonically.

In a certain sense the Good is comfortless.

Be not simply good – be good for something.

The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it.