Doctor Strange

"Death awaits us all. The question is: what have we done before it arrives?"

"Beauty fades. Only power endures."

"Humor masks the fear beneath. I no longer need such masks."

"Dreams fade upon waking. Reality is what remains."

"Work is how we prove to ourselves and others that we matter."

"A true leader does not ask for loyalty—he compels it."

"Faith is what we cling to when reason abandons us."

"Music is mathematics made emotional. Both are tools of power."

"Science reveals the universe is indifferent to our suffering. This is its gift to us."

"Art mirrors the darkness in the human soul. Most are too afraid to look."

"Nature is beautiful only to those who do not understand it."

"Peace is the dream of those too tired for war."

"Freedom is the privilege of the powerful. Others merely obey different masters."

"Truth is a weapon. It wounds those who wield it as much as those struck by it."

"Time flows backward for those who truly understand its nature."

"Education teaches us the rules only so we might know which ones to break."

"Courage is merely another word for recklessness that happened to succeed."

"Hope is the drug of the desperate. I have long since become sober."

"My family's face fades from memory with each passing year. Perhaps this is mercy."

"Friendship is a luxury. I could never afford such indulgence."

"Those who succeed are rarely the most deserving. They are merely the most willing to compromise."

"To change the world, you must first accept that the world will not change."

"The paths not taken haunt us more than the paths we've walked."

"I understand now that knowledge is not enlightenment—it is burden."

"Power without ruthlessness is merely the illusion of power."

"Those who love you will betray you. This is law."

"The Ancient One promised me salvation. She delivered only riddles."

"Every person I've known has eventually disappointed me. This taught me to expect nothing from others."

"I have walked alone because others could not match my vision."

"Solitude is where we finally hear the truth we've been avoiding."