John Banville

"Health is the foundation upon which all else is built."

"Motivation without purpose is merely agitation."

"Inspiration strikes those who have prepared to receive it."

"Relationships are the crucible of our becoming."

"Technology is the mirror in which we see ourselves distorted."

"War is the failure of imagination."

"Politics is the art of pretending to care."

"Humor is the truth told sideways."

"Faith is believing in the possibility of meaning."

"Success is the failure we've learned to live with."

"The only constant is that everything changes."

"We inherit more from the past than we realize."

"The self is a fiction we maintain with great effort."

"To be alive is to be constantly surprised by yourself."

"Beauty is the signature of truth trying to speak."

"Love is the only force stronger than fear."

"Wisdom comes from the wounds we've survived."

"Hope is the most dangerous and necessary of emotions."

"Courage is not the absence of fear but action despite it."

"Every moment is a choice to become someone new."

"The mind is both prison and palace."

"Time is the only commodity we truly possess."

"Truth is the luxury of those brave enough to face it."

"Freedom is the burden we cannot put down."

"Nature speaks to those patient enough to listen."

"Art is the conversation between the soul and itself."

"Science explains the how; philosophy the why."

"Music is the language of what cannot be said."

"Faith is the bet we make with the universe."

"Leadership is the burden of being seen."