“To exert his power in doing good is man’s most glorious task.”
- Sophocles

“There is neither happiness nor unhappiness in this world; there is only the comparison of one state with another. Only a man who has felt ultimate despair is capable of feeling ultimate bliss. It it necessary to wish for death in order to know how good it is to live.”
- Alexandre Dumas “The Count of Monte Cristo” 

“And you! What if your curses are your gifts?”

“Strength and wisdom cannot be obtained by living in fear.”
- David Carrion

Anybody can die for it. But will you live for it? Will you live without it, and still love it? Will you shape your whole life for it? Dedicate all of your time, and energy, and mental willpower to push yourself to overcome all the common follies of man so that you can just scratch the surface of what you’re capable of? Can you go farther? Go beyond that?

Of course you can die for it. But are you willing to live for it?

“A King may move a man, a father may claim a son, but remember that even when those who move you be Kings, or men of power, your soul is in your keeping alone. When you stand before God, you cannot say, "But I was told by others to do thus." Or that, "Virtue was not convenient at the time." This will not suffice. Remember that.”

- King Baldwin IV ‘Kingdom of Heaven’

“A man can change his stars.”

Isn’t it interesting how people experience the same world in so many different ways?

Ha

You can’t think out everything. Some things must be felt.

"I just have it," he said. "I can't explain it. You either have it or you don't, and I do. People always think there's an answer to everything, but there isn't. How can you do that? I don't know. I just can. When people see something they've never seen before, the first thing they say is, 'How did you do that?' The next thing is, 'Can you teach me?' The answer is no because you don't have it."
- Barry Bonds

“Nothing that was real ever died. Only names, forms, and illusions.”
-Eckhart Tolle

A King may move a man, a father may claim a son, but remember that even when those who move you be Kings, or men of power, your soul is in your keeping alone. When you stand before God, you cannot say, “But I was told by others to do thus.” Or that, “Virtue was not convenient at the time.” This will not suffice. Remember that.”
- King Baldwin IV in Kingdom of Heaven

"Believing in yourself can be a lot like religion. You have to believe in something that’s not there. With full faith that in reality, it is. But unlike religion, our self belief leads us to a point in life. Self belief has somewhat of an end. Religion, or belief in God, however, is really support on the journey. At least that’s how I see it.”

Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better.
– Maya Angelou

“I soon learned that one wins awards mainly for winning awards: an example of what Bob Merton calls the Matthew Effect. It is akin also to the phenomenon known in politics as “availability,” or name recognition. Once one becomes sufficiently well known, one’s name surfaces automatically as soon as an award committee assembles.”
-Bob Merton

“There is a crack, a crack in everything.
That’s how the light gets in.”
-Leonard Cohen

And on they went.

“What is essential is invisible to the eye. It is only with the heart that one can see rightly.” 

-Antoine de Saint Exupery “The Little Prince”

“Without faith, the leap will never work.”
Seth Godin