"I don't know what your destiny will be, but one thing I know: the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who will have sought and found how to serve."

"The willow which bends to the tempest, often escapes better than the oak which resists it; and so in great calamities, it sometimes happens that light and frivolous spirits recover their elasticity and presence of mind sooner than those of a loftier character."

"Seek always to do some good, somewhere. Every man has to seek in his own way to realize his true worth. You must give some time to your fellow man. For remember, you don't live in a world all your own. Your brothers are here too."

"Never say there is nothing beautiful in the world anymore. There is always something to make you wonder in the shape of a tree, the trembling of a leaf."

"All non-incumbent campaigns promise hope and change, but Obama took the promise to a new level of absurdity. He suggested that a vote for him would literally transform the Earth."

"A life without philosophical reflection is a vessel adrift on an uncharted sea. In this truth lies the bedrock of all virtue."

"In the tapestry of human existence, every trial adds depth to the design. Such is the immutable nature of understanding — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"Every second given to regret is a precious second stolen from creation. Such is the immutable nature of understanding."