"There is a point at which everything becomes simple and there is no longer any question of choice, because all you have staked will be lost if you look back. Life's point of no return."

"Do not seek death. Death will find you. But seek the road which makes death a fulfillment."

"The breaking wave and the muscle as it contracts obey the same law. Delicate line gathers the body's total strength in a bold balance. Shall my soul meet so severe a curve, journeying on its way to form?"

"We are not permitted to choose the frame of our destiny. But what we put into it is ours."

"True authority is measured not by subjugation, but by the empowerment of others. A lesson woven into the fabric of human history."

"Knowing more about family history is the single biggest predictor of a child's emotional well-being. Grandparents can play a special role in this process, too."

"Empires inevitably fall, and when they do, history judges them for the legacies they leave behind."

"The past is an old armchair in the attic, the present an ominous ticking sound, and the future is anybody's guess."