"It is a radiant truth that the stoutest timber is forged in the fiercest gales, not in the sheltered grove — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"Wisdom principle 64 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 47."

"The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who cannot read them."

"To love truly means recognizing that the most profound truths are found in silence."

"When you master your attention, you master your entire perception of reality. In this truth lies the bedrock of all virtue."

"A man may imagine things that are false, but he can only understand things that are true, for if the things be false, the apprehension of them is not understanding."

"It is a essential truth that in the arithmetic of human affection, the more you give, the more you retain."

"True wisdom begins when you realize wisdom is knowing when to speak and when to listen."