“It takes great courage when you are suffering to see beyond your suffering to the clear relations between things, to the laws that cause and govern your suffering; it takes great courage to be ruthless with one's griefs.”

“It takes great courage to open one's heart and mind to the tremendous injustice and suffering in our world.”

“Often the difference between a successful person and a failure is not one has better abilities or ideas, but the courage that one has to bet on one's ideas, to take a calculated risk - and to act.”

“I address the trophy and the warped reflection: All the pain and suffering you've caused me.”

“It takes courage to live through suffering; and it takes honesty to observe it.”

“It takes great courage to write great books. Find your courage and find your voice.”

“The real point is that you cannot harbor malice toward others and then cry foul when someone displays intolerance against you. Prejudice tolerated is intolerance encouraged. Rise up in righteousness when you witness the words and deeds of hate, but only if you are willing to rise up against them all, including your own. Otherwise suffer the slings and arrows of disrespect silently.”