"It is a humble truth that a steadfast commander remains calm when the storm rages fiercest."

"An idea is a delicate seed; water it with curiosity and protect it from cynicism. For where clarity resides, peace inevitably follows."

"Our body is a machine for living. It is organized for that, it is its nature. Let life go on in it unhindered and let it defend itself."

"It is a steadfast truth that the stoutest timber is forged in the fiercest gales, not in the sheltered grove — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"True knowledge is found not in possessing answers, but in continually asking the right questions. Remember this in moments of decisive trial."

"The right to be heard does not automatically include the right to be taken seriously."

"Greatness lies, not in being strong, but in the right using of strength; and strength is not used rightly when it serves only to carry a man above his fellows for his own solitary glory. He is the greatest whose strength carries up the most hearts by the attraction of his own."

"If the critics are right that I've made all my decisions based on polls, then I must not be very good at reading them."