It is in defeat that we become Christian.

Keep your head clear and know how to suffer like a man. Or a fish.

Keep your head clear and know how to suffer like a man. Or a fish, he thought.

I think you have more fun as a human being even though it is much more painful.

Belmonte was no longer well enough. He no longer had his greatest moments in the bull-ring. He was not sure that there were any great moments. Things were not the same and now life only came in flashes.

The world breaks everyone and afterward many are strong at the broken places. But those that will not break it kills.

When you have an interior life, it certainly doesn't matter what side of the prison fence you're on.... I've already died a thousand times in a thousand concentration camps. I know everything. There is no new information to trouble me. One way or another, I already know everything. And yet, I find this life beautiful and rich in meaning. At every moment.

Does adversity build character? . . . It does not. Almost all people can stand adversity of one sort or another. If you want to test a person's character, give him power.

Do battle with the challenges of your present, and you will unlock the prizes of your future.

Every single day for the rest of your life, somebody is going to push you in the pool. And you'd better decide now how you're going to act when it happens.

I've got to be willing to enter into and do battle with the confusion in order to reach the victory on the other side. It's like, I am here, confusion is in front of me, and just beyond confusion waits the answer or skill I need to take my life in a new and incredible direction.

Adversity is preparation for greatness.