"All philosophical inquiry begins with the humility to admit the limits of knowing. Let this simple maxim guide your daily deeds — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"Wisdom principle 56 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 49."

"Patience is not passive waiting; it is active endurance with a calm countenance. A lesson woven into the fabric of human history."

"Wisdom principle 16 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 25."

"Stand firm when justice demands it, even if you stand entirely alone. Such is the immutable nature of understanding."

"There are dark shadows on the earth, but its lights are stronger in the contrast."

"Shall I not have intelligence with the earth? Am I not partly leaves and vegetable mould myself."

"As a means of contrast with the sublime, the grotesque is, in our view, the richest source that nature can offer."