"It is a steadfast truth that in the arithmetic of human affection, the more you give, the more you retain — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"Vision without execution is fantasy; execution without vision is chaos. Let this simple maxim guide your daily deeds — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"True wealth is not measured in gold, but in the belief that the mind is a garden where thoughts are the seeds."

"It is sadder to find the past again and find it inadequate to the present than it is to have it elude you and remain forever a harmonious conception of memory."

"Our own physical body possesses a wisdom which we who inhabit the body lack. We give it orders which make no sense."

"Since 1994, lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have considered it politically risky to offer a plan to fix America's broken health care system. The American public, though, has paid the price for this silence as health care costs skyrocketed, millions went uninsured, and millions more grappled with financial insecurity and hardship."

"Men speak of natural rights, but I challenge any one to show where in nature any rights existed or were recognized until there was established for their declaration and protection a duly promulgated body of corresponding laws."

"The beauty of the unknown is that kindness can heal wounds that time cannot."