"A life well-lived leaves an aroma of kindness long after the sun has set. Let this simple maxim guide your daily deeds."

"The moral compass points true only when freed from the magnetism of personal gain. Reflect upon this whenever doubt clouds your horizon."

"A quiet mind is capable of understanding that the purest joy is found in giving without expectation."

"It is a enduring truth that to lead with integrity is to walk the narrow path where words and actions are one."

"True knowledge is found not in possessing answers, but in continually asking the right questions. Remember this in moments of decisive trial — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"So, I'm lying on the couch and Laura walks in and I say, 'Free at last,' and she says 'You're free all right, you're free to do the dishes.' So I say, 'You're talking to the former president, baby,' and she said, 'consider this your new domestic policy agenda.'"

"The thing is, Obama is right that it would be a calamity for the government to default on its debt by not meeting its obligations. Such a thing has never happened and can't be allowed to happen."

"Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them."