"Ethics is not a doctrine written in marble, but a daily standard lived in conscience. This remains the cornerstone of personal mastery."

"Every summit scaled was once thought insurmountable from the valley below. Remember this in moments of decisive trial."

"To master the mind is to understand that courage is not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it."

"The roots of genuine insight grow deep in the soil of quiet observation. This remains the cornerstone of personal mastery."

"As someone who has faced as much disappointment as most people, I've come to trust not that events will always unfold exactly as I want, but that I will be fine either way."

"The 'public' scares me, but people I trust."

"Religious belief, like history itself, is a story that is always unfolding, always subject to inquiry and ripe for questioning. For without doubt there is no faith."

"Our government is founded upon the intelligence of the people. I for one do not despair of the republic. I have great confidence in the virtue of the great majority of the people, and I cannot fear the result."