When you’ve tried everything and failed, try everything else and succeed

I think and think and think, I‘ve thought myself out of happiness one million times, but never once into it.

Passion often makes fools of the wisest men and gives the silliest wisdom.

If you don learn from others then others will learn from you.

And the past held only this wisdom: that love was a damaging mistake, and its accomplice, hope, a treacherous illusion.

No doubt your sword is indeed a beautiful thing. It is a tribute to whoever forged it in bygone ages. There are very few such swords as this one left in the world, but remember, it is only a sword, Matthias! It contains no secret spell, nor holds within its blade any magical power. This sword is made for only one purpose, to kill. It will only be as good or evil as the one who wields it. I know that you intend to use it only for the good of your Abbey, Matthias; do so, but never allow yourself to be tempted into using it in a careless or idle way. It would inevitably cost you your life, or that of your dear ones. Martin the Warrior used the sword only for right and good. This is why it has become a symbol of power to Redwall. Knowledge is gained through wisdom, my friend. Use the sword wisely.

Don't Raise your Anger into a War, Raise it into a Plan

Follow your feelings. If it feels right, move forward. If it doesn't feel right, don't do it.

be at your best when things are at their worst.

The sooner growing older is stripped of reflexive dread, the better equipped we are to benefit from the countless ways in which it can enrich us.

You might consider how to escape from a cage must surely require, foremost, awareness of the fact of the cage.