The sea is as desolate and barren as it is fertile and life-giving. It is cold and dismal, yet bold and spirited. Sometimes imperious and conquering, other times gentle and meek. But it is always mysterious. Those mysteries hold many secrets. One has but to listen and watch to discover them

Life is like the sea. Its tides and currents sometimes take a man to distant shores that he never dreamed existed

Sometimes it takes great suffering to pierce the soul and open it up to greatness

All good leaders are optimists. They always see opportunity where others see hardship

Weak men cannot handle power. It will either crush them, or they will use it to crush others

Desperation makes men fearless

The sea has its moods. Sometimes it is melancholic and morose, other times fierce and feisty. But always passionate. Even when calm, one can sense the depth of the sea’s passion

It is not his body which makes a man strong, but his spirit. Nothing on the outside, but only that which comes from within.

Even coal shimmers in the light

It is not triumph which defines a man, but tragedy. Triumph always brings out the best in men, but tragedy shows us what we are made of.

There is nothing more painful than the untimely death of someone young and dear to the heart. The harrowing grief surges from a bottomless well of sorrow, drowning the mourner in a torrent of agonizing pain; an exquisite pain that continues to afflict the mourner with heartache and loneliness long after the deceased is buried and gone.

It is the heart that has been pierced that feels the most.

There is no place for innocence on the battlefield.

Darkness gives free rein to the mind's worst imaginings

True kindness ennobles the giver

Some journeys lead nowhere, but they set the spirit free

Suffering is the fire by which love is tested.

There are no easy paths in this life. And when troubles arise, we must face them with the same dignity as we do success.

There is no treasure like the human heart.

Pride is an expensive vice, for it is wedded to Greed whose hunger is never sated

What is courage without risk... It wouldn’t really be courage, would it?

Some things are worth the wait. A little suspense heightens the pleasure.

Even in prosperous times the living robbed the dead

Some trees are too deeply rooted to move … And if they are uprooted, they will die…

Survival was more than the preservation of life. It was tenacity in the face of ruin, an unbroken resolve in the midst of defeat, a glimmer of hope in the maelstrom, and peace despite the wreckage.

Blood was the mortar that cemented the kingdom

This world is all vanity. It is a tempest hurling us from one sorrow to another.

True beauty cannot fail to move the beholder

What good is a secret if it remains a secret ... Secrets are meant to be discovered...

Familiarity makes the lion more dangerous.

It is not always the motives behind an action that make it noble. Sometimes it is as simple as the action itself.

There is no honor in cruelty.

The sea is a lonely and hostile place, Captain,' Jansen said coldly. 'It is always best not to make enemies of those who might be your friends. You never know when your ships may cross