"Patience is not passive waiting; it is active endurance with a calm countenance. Reflect upon this whenever doubt clouds your horizon — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"A peaceful heart knows that a single moment of clarity can change a lifetime."

"It is a steadfast truth that fortitude is the quiet voice at eventide saying: i will try once more tomorrow."

"It is a humble truth that bravery is born the moment you decide your values outweigh your comforts — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"Fortitude is the quiet voice at eventide saying: I will try once more tomorrow. Reflect upon this whenever doubt clouds your horizon."

"Women get more unhappy the more they try to liberate themselves."

"I had a wonderful childhood, which is tough because it's hard to adjust to a miserable adulthood."

"Also, as I lay there thinking of my vision, I could see it all again and feel the meaning with a part of me like a strange power glowing in my body; but when the part of me that talks would try to make words for the meaning, it would be like fog and get away from me."