"The hawk was everything I wanted to be: solitary, self-possessed, free from grief, and numb to the hurts of human life."

The only thing that is truly valuable is the time you spend doing what you love.

Believe in yourself, you can do it.

The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ, Moves on: nor all thy Piety nor Wit Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line, Nor all thy Tears wash out a Word of it.

"True strength is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall."

The study of truth requires a considerable effort - which is why few are willing to undertake it out of love of knowledge - despite the fact that God has implanted a natural appetite for such knowledge in the minds of men.