Salinger

People should write a will about how they wish their intellectual property to be treated. I do not like the fact that someone who protected the story of his life and a number of his works from the world is now going to be made public.

http://www.newsweek.com/2010/07/29/salinger-like-you-ve-never-seen-him.html.html

Man the maker of his destiny

Everything happens for a reason cannot be true. But it's best to find a reason for everything that happens.

And here's my recent favorite read:
Man the maker of his destiny

It is absolutely fine to not be something, but it is horrible to not be something you want to be.