“If you want to call a man to account, don’t do it when he is weak; call him to account when he is strong! Cowards choose the first way and the valiant choose the second way.”

“You cannot do anything good for a dead man! Whatever goodness you want to do for him, do it when he is alive!”

“Master Michelangelo once said that ‘I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free.’ This is what we must do when we see an ignorant man: To set him free from the black marble we call ignorance!”

“It is up to man to be an angel or a devil! You become whatever you choose to be!”

“Sometimes when you lose your way in the fog, you end up in a beautiful place! Don’t be afraid of getting lost!”

“When you see the flower of happiness on your way, don’t take it immediately; sit and watch it and realise how rare it is!”

“General Napoleon says that ability is of little account without opportunity. The opposite is also correct: Opportunity is of little account without ability.”