When the world grinds you down, bent to tear you apart, cling to what you hold dear, and stay true to your heart. For the world has a way to dismantle your cause, to exploit what you lack and expose all your flaws. But when every layer of your being is gone, and it seems there's no point anymore to go on; just remember one thing, at the end of the day, when you have self-respect they can't take that away.

Optimism is not the ability to live on the highest branch. It is the faith to learn to fly.

The devil did not make me do it. I managed it all by myself.

Ignorance fears diversity as an invading enemy, while wisdom welcomes diversity in an alliance of friendship.

In time, lies bring turmoil, where honesty brings peace.

No degree of worldly darkness can extinguish the glow of a soul's inner light.

Reputation is generally proof of how little one knows about a person.