“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”

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

“Some journeys lead nowhere, but they set the spirit free”

“True kindness ennobles the giver”

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

“Even coal shimmers in the light”

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

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

“There is no place for innocence on the battlefield.”

“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”

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