"Man's highest merit always is, as much as possible, to rule external circumstances and as little as possible to let himself be ruled by them."
-- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
"Being alone, failing, or someone being angry at you are the stuff of nightmares. But you're never really alone if you have yourself; you aren't a failure unless you give up on yourself; and there is only one person who votes on your acceptability: yourself."
-- Jason Merchey
