“What I wanted to express very clearly and intensely was that the reason these people had to invent or imagine heroes and gods is pure fear. Fear of life and fear of death.”

“Who are your favorite heroines in real life? The women of Afghanistan, Iraq, and Iran who risk their lives and their beauty to defy the foulness of theocracy. Ayaan Hirsi Ali and Azar Nafisi as their ideal feminine model.”

“What makes a hero? Courage, strength, morality, withstanding adversity? Are these the traits that truly show and create a hero? Is the light truly the source of darkness or vice versa? Is the soul a source of hope or despair? Who are these so called heroes and where do they come from? Are their origins in obscurity or in plain sight?”

“Do not pray for an easy life. For that’s not how Heroes are made!”

“We need not take refuge in supernatural gods to explain our saints and sages and heroes and statesmen, as if to explain our disbelief that mere unaided human beings could be that good or wise.”

“Someone needs to fight, someone needs to sacrifice, someone needs to inspire, someone needs to be a hero.”

“There cannot be dark without the light that will overcome it. Whatever darkness there is, God’s light shines brighter. It has to. He’s the Hero in every story–especially this one.”

“when you feel like hope is gone, look inside you and be strong and you’ll finally see the truth- that hero lies in you.”

“In a room wherepeople unanimously maintaina conspiracy of silence,one word of truthsounds like a pistol shot.”

“Between natural ability and education choose natural ability, as it will keep you happy and will fetch you the glory sooner.”

“The more details, depth and thought you put into your ideas the more valuable they become.”

“The most unlucky generation is the one which couldn’t produce a hero to look upto.”

“That is why enemies can be great motivators. They serve as fuel for your fire.”

“Using your talent, hobby or profession in a way that makes you contribute with something good to this world is truly the way to go.”

“Our culture has filled our heads but emptied our hearts, stuffed our wallets but starved our wonder. It has fed our thirst for facts but not for meaning or mystery. It produces “nice” people, not heroes.”