"If you suffer it is because of you, if you feel blissful it is because of you. Nobody else is responsible - only you and you alone. You are your hell and your heaven too."

"If you have a talent, use it in every which way possible. Don’t hoard it. Don’t dole it out like a miser. Spend it lavishly like a millionaire intent on going broke."

"If you want to SHINE like sun, first you have to BURN like sun."

"There is one art of which man should be master; the art of reflection."

"Every man, through fear, mugs his aspirations a dozen times a day."