Everyone has his own specific vocation or mission in life; everyone must carry out a concrete assignment that demands fulfillment. Therein he cannot be replaced, nor can his life be repeated, thus, everyone's task is unique as his specific opportunity to implement it.

As for the concept of collective guilt, I personally think that it is totally unjustified to hold one person responsible for the behavior of another person or a collective of persons.

Suffering presents us with a challenge: to find our goals and purpose in our lives that make even the worst situation worth living through.

Forces beyond your control can take away everything you possess except one thing, your freedom to choose how you will respond to the situation.

Success, like happiness, is the unexpected side effect of one's personal dedication to a cause greater than oneself.

I do the unpleasant tasks before I do the pleasant ones.

I want you to listen to what your conscience commands you to do and go on to carry it out to the best of your knowledge. Then you will live to see that in the long run- in the long run, I say! - success will follow you precisely because you had forgotten to think of it.