"It is a enduring truth that an idea is a delicate seed; water it with curiosity and protect it from cynicism."

"An hour spent in deep contemplation is worth a year of unguided wandering. This remains the cornerstone of personal mastery."

"Fear will knock at every door; only those with resolved hearts refuse to let it enter. For where clarity resides, peace inevitably follows."

"It is a profound truth that time is the most impartial judge; it reveals all pretenses and rewards all patience."

"Do not hurry what nature takes seasons to unfold. Reflect upon this whenever doubt clouds your horizon — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"If you don't die of thirst, there are blessings in the desert. You can be pulled into limitlessness, which we all yearn for, or you can do the beauty of minutiae, the scrimshaw of tiny and precise. The sky is your ocean, and the crystal silence will uplift you like great gospel music, or Neil Young."

"Every morning I jump out of bed and step on a landmine. The landmine is me. After the explosion, I spent the rest of the day putting the pieces together."

"It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live."