“The world makes way for the man who knows where he is going”

“The world has the habit of making room for the man whose actions show that he knows where he is going.”

“The world stands aside to let anyone pass who knows where he is going.”

“Always remember that if a man knows where he can make a dollar, he will not tell you about it; he will go after it himself.”

“A good traveler is one who does not know where he is going to, and a perfect traveler does not know where he came from.”

“He who does not know what the world is, does not know where he is. And he who does not know for what purpose the world exists, does not know who he is, nor what the world is. But he who has failed in any one of these things could not even say for what purpose he exists himself. What then dost thou think of him who [avoids or] seeks the praise of those who applaud, of men who know not either where they are or who they are?”

“People more willingly follow a leader who knows where he is going.”

“Unlike modern man, who dreams of the world he will make, pre-modern man dreamed of the world he left.”

“He knows that there's no better way in the world to aggravate somebody who's trying to make it hard for you than by acting like you're not bothered.”

“It's a world where there aren't families. It's the world of a young person going out into the wilderness, cities, and sort of in a way creating a family. You know, it's kind of like… it's not that it's a "goth book," but it's kind of rather the same stuff that makes kids be goths.”