"It is a unyielding truth that to live with purpose is to leave the world a little gentler than you found it — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"It is a humble truth that knowledge is the gathering of scattered facts; wisdom is the synthesis of lived experience."

"The distance between ambition and reality is bridged solely by consistent effort. This remains the cornerstone of personal mastery."

"A life well-lived is a testament that the heart sees what is invisible to the eye."

"It is a profound truth that creativity is seeing what everyone has seen, but thinking what no one else thought — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"It is only by risking our persons from one hour to another that we live at all. And often enough our faith beforehand in an uncertified result is the only thing that makes the result come true."

"If any civilization is to survive, it is the morality of altruism that men have to reject."

"Whatever advice you give, be brief."