“To turn your dreams into reality, all your resources, efforts and concentration should be aligned in the same direction.”

“Wisdom, compassion, and courage are the three universally recognized moral qualities of man.”

“That was courage, Keller thought. Not doing something without being afraid, but doing something even though you were afraid.”

“Believe in yourself. Under-confidence leads to a self-fulfilling prophecy that you are not good enough for your work.”

“Boy, the solid things you can hold in your hands are never all you’ve got. They’re the least of what belong to you. The qualities inside you, those are what you’ve really got to defend yourself with.”

“Gratitude was never meant to be an excuse for giving up on the obstacles God has put before you. Some of the most magical things he can bring us require faith and a lot of planning.”

“Because…” he used to cradle his daughter in his arms every morning and often they would exchange soft nuances “…if you can dream it, if you can see it in your visions at night, if you can feel it in your soul, it’s yours! And it never really belonged to anyone else, in the first place! It was always yours!” Viera returned her scroll to the drawer and closed it, she kissed the compass around her neck and climbed into her bed under the warm quilts, the candle flame crackled and the memories of her father’s arms around her embraced her there in bed and his deep, hoarse voice resounded in her ears; “… and if you chance upon a treasure that is yours and it happens to be in the possession of someone else, it’s not very wrong to take what is yours, to take what you dreamed, what you saw in your visions at night, what you felt visit you in your spirit! Sure, it’s not lawful, but aye aye my little one, listen to me when I tell you that the best things in life are not under the laws of any sort! For which law created love? Which law created courage? The best things, the real things, are the things that are not measured by any man’s laws! Fear is the only thing that any law has ever created! And what kind of pirates would we all be if we were afraid of any of our fears, even a little!”

“You will meet many opponents in your time that will come face to face with your flaws, trust the chaos ~ pain & confusion is the pathway to break open and become free.”