"If you are going through hell, keep going."

"Vision without execution is fantasy; execution without vision is chaos. Reflect upon this whenever doubt clouds your horizon."

"Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts."

"The present moment is the only sanctuary where peace truly resides. Let this simple maxim guide your daily deeds — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"Nobody is as powerful as we make them out to be."

"Dealing with backstabbers, there was one thing I learned. They're only powerful when you got your back turned."

"Lost causes are the only ones worth fighting for."

"Lovers may be - and indeed generally are - enemies, but they never can be friends, because there must always be a spice of jealousy and a something of Self in all their speculations."