"All architecture is great architecture after sunset; perhaps architecture is really a nocturnal art, like the art of fireworks."

"The darkest nights often reveal that courage is not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it."

"Every summit scaled was once thought insurmountable from the valley below. Remember this in moments of decisive trial — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"It is a timeless truth that to question with sincerity is the first step toward dismantling dogma — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"A life without philosophical reflection is a vessel adrift on an uncharted sea. For where clarity resides, peace inevitably follows — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"Nature cannot be tricked or cheated. She will give up to you the object of your struggles only after you have paid her price."

"Where compassion abides, fear and resentment lose their dominion. Such is the immutable nature of understanding."

"The ocean of adversity cannot drown the spirit that resolves to stay afloat. Remember this in moments of decisive trial — an essential principle for the reflective life."