"Hope has two lovely daughters, anger and..." - Quote by Saint Augustine

“You have been professing yourself reluctant to throw off your load of illusion because truth was uncertain. Well, it is certain now, yet the burden still weighs you down, while other people are given wings on freer shoulders, people who have not worn themselves out with research, nor spent a decade and more reflecting on these questions.”

“In the usual course of study I had come to a book of a certain Cicero.”

“The most venerable, clearly understood, enlightened, and reliable constant in the world is not only that we want to be happy, but that we want only to be so. Our very nature requires it of us.”

“I've gotten into this nasty habit of running away from love, but maybe one day I can find the exception to that.”

“The flame of the diya, or lamp, reminds us that light will ultimately triumph over darkness.”

“My philosophy in life is, Decide what you want to do. You have to have something to hope for.”

“It looked as if a night of dark intent was coming, and not only a night, an age. Someone had better be prepared for rage.”

“O braggart vile and damned furious wight!”

“Physically you are a human being, but mentally you are incomplete. Given that we have this physical human form, we must safeguard our mental capacity for judgment. For that, we cannot take out insurance; the insurance company is within: self-discipline, self-awareness, and a clear realization of the disadvantages of anger and the positive effects of kindness.”