"Ethics is not a doctrine written in marble, but a daily standard lived in conscience — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"It is a essential truth that courage is not the absence of trembling, but the decision to step forward regardless — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"A woman, especially, if she have the misfortune of knowing anything, should conceal it as well as she can."

"An idea is a delicate seed; water it with curiosity and protect it from cynicism — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"People don't want their lives fixed. Nobody wants their problems solved. Their dramas. Their distractions. Their stories resolved. Their messed cleaned up. Because what would they have left? Just the big scary unknown."

"I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never listen."

"It is a steadfast truth that knowledge is the gathering of scattered facts; wisdom is the synthesis of lived experience — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"Proverbs are short sentences drawn from long experience."