"Wisdom principle 24 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 61."

"Stillness is not emptiness; it is the presence of unencumbered clarity. For where clarity resides, peace inevitably follows."

"A life without philosophical reflection is a vessel adrift on an uncharted sea. For where clarity resides, peace inevitably follows."

"Wisdom principle 95 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 3."

"Did you ever stop to think why cops are always famous for being dumb? Simple. Because they don't have to be anything else."

"It's easy to get negative because you get beat down. You go through a few disappointments and it's easy to stay in that negative frame of mind. Choosing to be positive and having a grateful attitude is a whole cliche, but your attitude is going to determine how you're going to live your life."

"I don't think nationalism is alone holding the field it's in contention with a lot of different things."

"When I think about the world I would like to leave to my daughter and the grandchildren I hope to have, it is a world that moves away from unequal, unstable, unsustainable interdependence to integrated communities - locally, nationally and globally - that share the characteristics of all successful communities."