“Many people can and have written books, but many have nothing to say.”

“So many people die with their dreams in their hands.”

“Too many people out there tell us what we can and cannot do but…they don’t know who we are, what’s put in us.”

“Acknowledge the complexity of the world and resist the impression that you easily understand it. People are too quick to accept conventional wisdom, because it sounds basically true and it tends to be reinforced by both their peers and opinion leaders, many of whome have never looked at whether the facts support the received wisdom. It's a basic fact of life that many things "everybody knows" turn out to be wrong.”

“They say dragons never truly die. No matter how many times you kill them.”

“Too many people spend money they haven't earned, to buy things they don't want, to impress people that they don't like.”

“There are times I almost think I am not sure of what I absolutely know. Very often find confusion in conclusion I concluded long ago. In my head are many facts that, as a student, I have studied to procure. In my head are many facts of which I wish I was more certain I was sure.”