You must understand the whole of life, not just one little part of it. That is why you must read, that is why you must look at the skies, that is why you must sing and dance, and write poems and suffer and understand, for all that is life.

Without health life is not life; it is only a state of langour and suffering - an image of death.

Forgiveness is not always easy. At times, it feels more painful than the wound we suffered, to forgive the one that inflicted it. And yet, there is no peace without forgiveness.

I hated every minute of training, but I said, 'Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.