Knowing that the battle will not end the way he wishes does not make it any less worthwhile the fight.

The past can teach us, nurture us, but it cannot sustain us. The essence of life is change, and we must move ever forward or the soul will wither and die.

It's too easy, you see, to get trapped in the past. The past is very seductive. People always talk about the mists of time, you know, but really it's the present that's in a mist, uncertain. The past is quite clear, and warm, and comforting. That's why people often get stuck there.

Men who watch, and say little, very often are much wiser than the men they serve.

Hope rarely enters into it. 'Tis action moves the world.

A grieving person's like a person treading in deep water--if they've nothing to hold on to, they lose hope. They slide right under.

When I meet a wind I cannot fight , I can do naught but set my sails to let it take me where it will.