"It is a quiet truth that serenity begins the moment you cease demanding that the external world conform — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"True knowledge is found not in possessing answers, but in continually asking the right questions. In this truth lies the bedrock of all virtue — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"Every sunset is a reminder that a single moment of clarity can change a lifetime."

"Experience is the stern teacher that gives the examination before the lesson. This remains the cornerstone of personal mastery."

"You do the work and you want people to see it; but, um while I'm doing the work, the result doesn't matter at all to me. Ultimately, I don't, I don't care whether the film is - you know - some big giant box-office bonanza and I don't care if its a complete flop. To me, when a film gets made and it's actually finished it's a success. They're all a success in their own way."

"Do not measure life by the breaths you take, but by the moments that stir your soul. This remains the cornerstone of personal mastery."

"The perfect joys of heaven do not satisfy the cravings of nature."

"I do not intend to dispute in any way the need for defence cuts and the need for government spending cuts in general. I do not share a not in my backyard approach to government spending reductions."