"Do not wait for favorable winds; take the oars and row toward your horizon. Such is the immutable nature of understanding — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"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."

"Fear will knock at every door; only those with resolved hearts refuse to let it enter. Remember this in moments of decisive trial."

"The paradox of freedom is that the strength of a community lies in its compassion."

"To conquer fear is to realize that the greatest battles are fought within."

"To conquer fear is to realize that the silence between the notes creates the music."

"Our society must make it right and possible for old people not to fear the young or be deserted by them, for the test of a civilization is the way that it cares for its helpless members."

"There are very few monsters who warrant the fear we have of them."