“A man must first despise himself, and then others will despise him.” Mencius “He who exerts his mind to the utmost knows his nature. Knowing his nature, he knows Heave…” Mencius “The great man is he who does not lose his child's heart.” Mencius “A frog in a well does not know the great sea.” Japanese Proverb “Fall seven times, get up eight.” Japanese Proverb “You are not the oil, you are not the air, merely the point of combustion between them.” F. Scott Fitzgerald “Do not go gentle into that good night.” Dylan Thomas “In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.” Albert Einstein “Man is not the creature of circumstances. Circumstances are the creatures of men.” Benjamin Disraeli “Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared…” Khalil Gibran “What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality.” Plutarch “The most important thing about a person is always the thing you don't know.” Barbara Kingsolver