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Whoever will be free must make himself free. Freedom is no fairy gift to fall into a man's lap. What is freedom? To have the will to be responsible for one's self.

Forces beyond your control can take away everything you possess except one thing, your freedom to choose how you will respond to the situation.

Ah, monsieur, to live in the bosom of the sea! Only there can independence be found! There I recognize no master! There I am free!

_{Jules Verne, 20.000 Leagues Under the Sea}

For first you write a sentence,
And then you chop it small;
Then mix the bits and sort them out
Just as they chance to fall:
The order of the phrases
makes no difference at all.

_{Lewis Carroll: "Poeta fit, non nascitur.", 1883}

You must give birth to your images. They are the future waiting to be born.

The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.

Deserve your dream.

The joy of life is not a profane type of enjoyment: it reveals the bliss of existing, of sharing in the spontaneity of life and the majesty of the world.

The earth does not need new continents, but new men.

 It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of light, it was the season of darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair.

_{from A Tale of Two Cities}