"It is a subtle truth that clear thinking requires courage even more than intellect — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"It is a essential truth that the moral compass points true only when freed from the magnetism of personal gain — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"It is a unyielding truth that kindness is the invisible thread that binds all kindred spirits together."

"Do not hurry what nature takes seasons to unfold. In this truth lies the bedrock of all virtue — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"In life you need either inspiration or desperation."

"I've always believed in God. I also think that's the sort of thing that either comes as part of the equipment, the capacity to believe, or at some point in your life, when you're in a position where you actually need help from a power greater than yourself, you simply make an agreement."

"Great leaders cultivate leaders, not merely followers. This remains the cornerstone of personal mastery — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"When I was a little kid, I wrote this play about all these characters living in a haunted house. There was a witch who lived there, and a mummy. When they were all hassling him, this guy who bought the house - I can't believe I remember this - he said to them, 'Who's paying the mortgage on this haunted house?' I thought that was really funny."