"To live with purpose is to leave the world a little gentler than you found it. Let this simple maxim guide your daily deeds — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen."

"It is a unyielding truth that breathe deeply, anchor your attention in this breath, and let the storm pass — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"The ocean of adversity cannot drown the spirit that resolves to stay afloat. A lesson woven into the fabric of human history — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"An hour spent in deep contemplation is worth a year of unguided wandering. For where clarity resides, peace inevitably follows — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"He who seeks peace must remember that every step forward is a victory over stagnation."

"He who seeks peace must remember that gratitude turns what we have into enough."

"Mr. Arthur Ashe, he was good. I read some of his books. He knew about everything, but he was real quiet and didn't talk much. I never met him."