“We are nothing more than the sum of our memories and experiences.”

That is the curse of immortality: to watch the world change, to see everything you know wither.

Water is the life – giver and the death-bringer.

No man is ever just one thing.

We had little or no emotion. We lacked the capacity to feel fear, to experience love, to enjoy the sensations of happiness and delight.The finest warriors are not only those who do not fear, but those who are without anger.

The line between confidence and arrogance is very fine, and the line between arrogance and stupidity even finer.

Great change always comes down to the actions of a single person.

Impatience and stupidity claim more victims than any weapon.

He is many things – dangerous and devious, cunning and deadly, a good friend and an implacable enemy – but he comes from an age when a man’s word was indeed precious.

The day we stop learning is the day we die.

Peo­ple who start think­ing deep dark thoughts in the mid­dle of a war start ex­pect­ing to lose.

it is only when no one remembers that you are truly lost. That is the true death.

The strong survive, but the courageous triumph.

Wait. Look. Notice. If you keep those three words in mind, you just might survive the next few days.

Fools lie, clever men stick to the truth.

Once begun, change cannot be reversed.

You’re saying we lost the powers of magic because we grew lazy.

The moment you accept that there’s a guidance system supporting you, then you experience a new sense of freedom and peace.

I turn to history not for lessons but to confront my experience with the experience of others and to win for myself a sense of responsibility for the state of the human conscience.

Those who have experienced good and bad luck many times have every reason to be skeptical of successes.

The simple intention to surrender control is all you need to experience miracles.

It’s very easy for a couple to experience joy together. But when you experience pain together, it can lead to such depth and such union. That is when you fuse.

You’re either going to walk through life and experience it fully or you’re going to be a voyeur. And I’m not a voyeur.

And it was a great experience, you know, to travel the world and compete at a certain level. It teaches you discipline, focus, and certainly keeps you out of trouble.

Find your passion and do it totally. The more life experience you get, the better you’ll be at whatever you want to do.