And once the storm is over, you won't remember how you made it through, how you managed to survive. You won't even be sure whether the storm is really over. But one thing is certain. When you come out of the storm, you won't be the same person who walked in. That's what this storm's all about.

This constant lying is not aimed at making the people believe a lie, but at ensuring that no one believes anything anymore.

A people that can no longer distinguish between truth and lies cannot distinguish between right and wrong.

And such a people, deprived of the power to think and judge, is, without knowing and willing it, completely subjected to the rule of lies.

With such a people, you can do whatever you want.

To write well all you need to do is develop your mind. If you have thought deeply, nearly everything looks interesting.

He who jumps into the void owes no explanation to those who stand and watch.

If there is no wind, row.

- Latin proverb

Against criticism we can neither protect nor defend ourselves; we must act in despite of it, and gradually it resigns itself to this.

Not your friend but your enemy will tell you who you are.

-- Greek proverb

To listen to a lie is harder than to tell it.

-- Turkish proverb

Many have suffered for talking; none ever suffered for keeping silent.

-- Italian proverb

If men could foresee the future, they would still behave as they do now.

-- Russian proverb

See that you are wise, but also learn to appear ignorant.

-- Armenian proverb

What is research but a blind date with knowledge?

The beginning of wisdom is to call things by their proper names.

— Chinese proverb.

People try to do all sorts of clever and difficult things to improve life instead of doing the simplest, easiest thing – refusing to participate in activities that make life bad.

It's tough to be good at something you're not interested in. It's nearly impossible to be great at something you're not obsessed with.

Those who lack the courage will always find a philosophy to justify it.

People are always trying to add more stuff to life. Reduce it to simpler, pure moments.

The paradise of the rich is made out of the hell of the poor.

You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from.

The biggest problem of success is that the world conspires to stop you doing the thing that you do, because you are successful. There was a day when I looked up and realised that I had become someone who professionally replied to email, and who wrote as a hobby.