“This earthly life is a battle,' said Ma. 'If it isn't one thing to contend with, it's another. It always has been so, and it always will be. The sooner you make up your mind to that, the better off you are, and more thankful for your pleasures.”

“It's been my experience that you can nearly always enjoy things if you make up your mind firmly that you will.”

“Your future is always more valuable than today, the sooner you realise that the better”

“Courage is accepting your fear and doing whatever needs to be done anyway. Cowards are people who can't face up to their fear and let it get the better of them. There's always a place for courage. There's always something that can be done. You might not see it right away. Sooner or later something comes to mind that can help you through it. You make up your mind that it's okay to be afraid and you are going to be all right. Then you do what has to be done. That's courage.”

“The pleasure isn't in owning the person. The pleasure is this. Having another contender in the room with you.”

“It's one thing to carry your life wherever you go. Another thing to always go looking for it somewhere else.”