"We must have the hope to be able to succeed."

“Two passed pawns advancing on the enemy pieces have brought me more than a dozen points in tournaments.”

“Science has sometimes been said to be opposed to faith, and inconsistent with it. But all science, in fact, rests on a basis of faith, for it assumes the permanence and uniformity of natural laws - a thing which can never be demonstrated.”

Source : Tryon Edwards (2015). “The New Dictionary of Thoughts”, p.434, Ravenio Books

“As long as the centuries continue to unfold, the number of books will grow continually, and one can predict that a time will come when it will be almost as difficult to learn anything from books as from the direct study of the whole universe. It will be almost as convenient to search for some bit of truth concealed in nature as it will be to find it hidden away in an immense multitude of bound volumes.”

“Courage is like love; it must have hope for nourishment.”

“I guess, I ended up finding music to pour my curiosity into. It was my creative outlet and therapy at the same time.”

“[Sculpturing] didn't stick with me. I never felt I wanted to go on with that.”

“Wushu is a move in Chinese, a physical move. An attack. Wushu is like an art.”

“Every painting I do is related to the last one: it may be a continuation of a previous painting or it may be a reaction against it.”