"Humility comes not from seeing oneself as merely useless, but from recognizing that one's worth does not lean solely on usefulness."

"When everyone's scrambling for the top, it's he who stays in place who gets noticed."

"To truly love is to willfully defy emotion."

"There is only one degree of truth."

"It's fine if people get in your way, it's fine if circumstance gets in your way; but never ever let yourself get in your way."

"Thinking while talking is almost as hard as swallowing while breathing."