"A scholar who cherishes the love of..." - Quote by Lao Tzu

“People aren't against you; they are for themselves. The most dangerous risk of all - the risk of spending your life not doing what you want on the bet you can buy yourself the freedom to do it later. He who conquers others is strong, he who conquers himself is mighty.”

“Do not conquer the world with force, for force only causes resistance. Thorns spring up when an army passes. Years of misery follow a great victory. Do only what needs to be done without using violence.”

“The rigid tree will be felled.”

“Got in the studio at sixteen, [and] that's when I felt like I wanted to make this a career. I had a passion for it.”

“You have to be uncompromised in your level of commitment to whatever you are doing, or it can disappear as fast as it appeared... Excellence isn't a one-week or one-year ideal. It's a constant. There will be days when you don't feel on top of your game, or meetings in which you aren't at your best, but your commitment remains constant. No compromises.”

“The way to write is to throw your body at the mark when your arrows are spent.”

“Where no plan is laid, where the disposal of time is surrendered merely to the chance of incident, chaos will soon reign.”

“Headstrong liberty is lashed with woe.”

“It is a wearisome disease to preserve health by too strict a regimen.”