‎”… the magician suggested to his sheep that they were not sheep at all; to some of them he suggested that they were lions, to others that they were eagles, to others that they were men, and to others that they were magicians.”
G. I. Gurdjieff, 1922 (In Ouspensky, In Search of the Miraculous)

“The ultimate value of life depends upon awareness and the power of contemplation rather than upon mere survival.” – Aristotle

‎”I don’t want to be a product of my environment. I want my environment to be a product of me.”
Frank Costello, as played by Jack Nicholson in The Departed (2006)

‎”Parva leves capiunt animos” (Small things fascinate little minds) –
Ovidius, Ars amatoria

‎”Freedom is not just a dream. It’s there on the other side of those fences we build all by ourselves.” Dr. Ethan Powell, played by Anthony Hopkins in Instinct (1999)

‎”Little souls wish you to be unhappy. It aggravates them to have you joyous, efficient and free. They like to feel that fate is disciplining you. It gives their egos wings if yours are clipped. You can ruin your life in an hour by listening to their puerile opinions.”—David Seabury

“Hope is the raw material of losers.” – Fernando Flores

“I am glad you make a fresh beginning daily; there is no better means of attaining… than by continually beginning again.” – St. Francis de Sales

‎”We possess such immense resources of power that pessimism is a laughable absurdity.” – Colin Wilson, in “Poetry and Mysticism”

‎”The basic difference between an ordinary man and a warrior is that a warrior takes everything as a challenge while an ordinary man takes everything either as a blessing or a curse.” – Carlos Castaneda

‎”The successful warrior is the average person with laser-like focus.” – Bruce Lee

‎”Life is a gamble. You can get hurt, but people die in plane crashes, lose their arms and legs in car accidents; people die every day. Same with fighters: some die, some get hurt, some go on. You just don’t let yourself believe it will happen to you.” — Muhammad Ali