Once you start settling, and letting others control your life, it can quickly become a habit, so it’s best to avoid such things altogether.

Sometimes you can grow more in a shorter amount of time with the right company than years of soul-searching alone, or by living the same patterns you've lived for your entire life.

Sic vis pacem para bellum - if you want peace, prepare for war.

The only way we succeed as a group is not simply following directions, but in keeping each other accountable for our actions.

Some people are born to hold keys, while others are born to use them.

Perhaps we don’t progress, because there are so many views – so many paths to peace and happiness – that we get hung up on each path’s differences. Trying to sort out right from wrong when the rights mean so much to us that we can’t look at them objectively.

Remain open-minded, even when you believe yourself to be a king among peasants. You never know what blessings can be gained or crises averted just by listening.

The world is changeable, and its ability to change is so fragile that a single person can be responsible for it.

The strong will always rule the weak.