“Success is messy. But so is life. Deal with it. Poverty is messier.”

“There is no happiness if the things you believe are different than the things you do.”

“Control is never achieved when sought after directly; it is the surprising result of letting go.”

“involution always precedes evolution”

“Poverty made a sound like a wet cough in the shadows of the room.”

“Of course there is no formula for success, except perhaps an unconditional acceptance of life, and what it brings”

“The only competition you will ever have is the competition between your disciplined and undisciplined mind”