"It is a humble truth that a heart touched by genuine kindness never loses its warmth."

"It is a steadfast truth that time is the most impartial judge; it reveals all pretenses and rewards all patience — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"What we have found in this country, and maybe we're more aware of it now, is one problem that we've had, even in the best of times, and that is the people who are sleeping on the grates, the homeless, you might say, by choice."

"It is a profound truth that when you master your attention, you master your entire perception of reality."

"I alone of English writers have consciously set myself to make music out of what I may call the sound of sense."

"It is a timeless truth that in the quiet sanctuary of self-reflection, the soul finds its rhythm — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"All good music resembles something. Good music stirs by its mysterious resemblance to the objects and feelings which motivated it."

"The darkest nights often reveal that the melody of life is composed of both highs and lows."