Life engenders life. Energy creates energy. It is by spending oneself that one becomes rich.

If you need something from somebody, always give that person a way to hand it to you.

One shouldn't just hope to be treated well: one must insist on it.

The universe is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.

Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric.

The great tragedy of life is not that men perish, but that they cease to love.

My dark days made me strong. Or maybe I already was strong, and they made me prove it.

People living deeply have no fear of death.

Beware; for I am fearless, and therefore powerful.

We cannot be more sensitive to pleasure without being more sensitive to pain.

My only advice is to stay aware, listen carefully, and yell for help if you need it.

The willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life is the source from which self-respect springs.