“A person who never suffers has no chance to become strong in mind and body. ~ Tochan Sayo”

“Fact: No matter how smart and courageous and well-intentioned you are, there's always a chance that you would not become the person you envisioned yourself being, because your own mind or body could fail you.”

“Rich or poor, strong or weak, who among us has not begged God for a second chance?”

“The person who risks nothing, does nothing, has nothing, is nothing, and becomes nothing. He may avoid suffering and sorrow, but he simply cannotlearn, feel, change, grow or love.Chained by his certitude, he is a slave; he has forfeited his freedom.Only the person who risks is truly free.”

“Body and soul can never be marriedI need to become who I already am and will bellow forever at this incongruity which has committed me to hell”

“The emerging woman ... will be strong-minded, strong-hearted, strong-souled, and strong-bodied...strength and beauty must go together.”