“It’s a mistake to believe that they (parents) are responsible for their children’s best future. This responsibility is on their children, and that’s the message they should be conveying to their children on a daily basis.”

“An approach, according to which children should fulfil their parents’ dreams/ do everything in order to make their parents happy/ provide their parents with a peace of mind, or whatever they want for themselves – because they owe it to them for all those years in which their parents took care of them – is utterly selfish.”

“…they’re here for a moment and then gone. At best they have “liftoff” power, or, to use a different analogy, they are like periodic flashes of lightning on a dark road, with no guiding power.”

“People have a much greater chance of finding something they’ll enjoy doing and making those greatest contributions when they trust themselves and are free to make their own life choices (are not marionettes in the hands of their parents).”

“Failure makes Success more appreciable”

“and then there was that time you sucked down your fear, breathed into it, faced it with a courage that moves mountains, and you stepped right into that thing, that situation, that experience moments and forever before had crippled and controlled you, and had you believing you could never rise up to meet it. but you did, because you could. and you will again, because you can. yes, you can.”

“Hatred is exhausting. You must constantly remind yourself why you hate someone and waste needless energy to keep hating them.Forgiveness; you only need to do it once!”

“Don’t waste time defending your intentions. History will judge you by the outcomes of your actions”

“I can only change the world by changing myself.”

“Some of the most memorable paths I’ve taken have been detours.”

“Live a life that fits your specific circumstances, not one that fits someone else’s expectations”

“In order to fall asleep we must first close our eyes and pretend to be sleeping. Can the same be true for happiness and success?”

“You go on trying and trying, and you make many decisions and you take many vows,but nothing happens — you remain the same. Not that you have not tried,not that you have not tried enough, you have tried and tried and tried. And you fail because it is not a question of effort. More effort won’t help. It is a question of being alert, not of effort.”