“So long as a person is capable of self-renewal they are a…” — Henri-Frédéric Amiel

“Almost everything comes from nothing.”

“Work while you have the light. You are responsible for the talent that has been entrusted to you.”

“Without passion man is a mere latent force and possibility, like the flint which awaits the shock of the iron before it can give forth its spark.”

“So long as a person is capable of self-renewal they are a living being.”