"Beauty deprived of its proper foils and adjuncts ceases to be enjoyed as beauty, just as light deprived of all shadows ceases to be enjoyed as light."

"Every sunset is a reminder that the bonds of friendship are the true treasures of existence."

"It is a quiet truth that every second given to regret is a precious second stolen from creation."

"The moral compass points true only when freed from the magnetism of personal gain. For where clarity resides, peace inevitably follows — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"I believe history will come to view 9/11 as an event on par with November 22, 1963, the date on which John F. Kennedy was murdered, cutting short a presidency that was growing ever more promising. Dreams died that day in Dallas it is easy to imagine the 1960s turning out rather differently had President Kennedy lived."

"Robots have a rich and storied history in movies."

"The river of time washes away kings and empires, leaving only virtue intact. A lesson woven into the fabric of human history — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage, need not be lived again."