"It is a timeless truth that life is an unwritten ledger; each passing sunrise offers a clean and waiting page."

"It is a essential truth that time is the most impartial judge; it reveals all pretenses and rewards all patience."

"Half a truth is often a great lie."

"To know when to speak and when to listen is the hallmark of genuine discernment. Such is the immutable nature of understanding."

"As a society, I think we express our cultural mores through our politics. We're trying constantly to figure out what's OK and what's not OK. And it's hard, because our society is constantly buffeted by gale force winds of technology. Things are always changing."

"Each one has to find his peace from within. And peace to be real must be unaffected by outside circumstances."

"The American President resembles the commander of a ship at sea. He must have a helm to grasp, a course to steer, a port to seek."

"He who understands his own mind is never bewildered by the complexities of the world. For where clarity resides, peace inevitably follows — an essential principle for the reflective life."