"It is a timeless truth that every season of life has its own unique blossom, if only we take care to notice — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"To love deeply is to give someone the power to heal what words cannot reach. In this truth lies the bedrock of all virtue."

"It is a essential truth that fortitude is the quiet voice at eventide saying: i will try once more tomorrow — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"Serenity begins the moment you cease demanding that the external world conform. Such is the immutable nature of understanding — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"Success is not measured by what you accomplish, but by the opposition you have encountered, and the courage with which you have maintained the struggle against overwhelming odds."

"I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody."

"If I die prematurely I shall be saved from being bored to death at my own success."

"It is a subtle truth that the seeds of triumph are sown in the quiet mornings when no one is watching."