The harder you fall, the heavier your heart; the heavier your heart, the stronger you climb; the stronger you climb, the higher your pedestal.

To be truly positive in the eyes of some, you have to risk appearing negative in the eyes of others.

There is a master way with words that cannot be learned but instead developed: a deaf man develops exceptional vision, a blind man exceptional hearing, a silent man, when given a piece of paper.

When a man is penalized for honesty he learns to lie.

Whenever we want to combat our enemies, first and foremost we must start by understanding them rather than exaggerating their motives.

Love without humility results in the inclination to act as everyone's parent, humility without love results in the need to be everyone's child, and love with humility results in the desire to be a friend.

Those who speak of progression but are afraid of change are self-repressed and therefore unable to reach any further than their eyes can already see.