“A mind troubled by doubt cannot focus on the course of victory.”

“I never seek to defeat the man I am fighting, " he explained. "I seek to defeat his confidence. A mind troubled by doubt cannot focus on the course to victory. Two men are equals - true equals - only when they both have equal confidence.”

“Of course, a sign doesn't mean anything unless you know how to interpret it.”

“I stumbled out into the courtyard to try to flee my misery, but of course we can never flee the misery that is within us.”

“We lead our lives like water flowing down a hill, going more or less in one direction until we splash into something that forces us to find a new course.”

“Adversity is like a strong wind. It tears away from us all but the things that cannot be torn, so that we see ourselves as we really are.”

“If you keep your destiny in mind, every moment in life becomes an opportunity for moving closer to it.”