"It is a quiet truth that breathe deeply, anchor your attention in this breath, and let the storm pass — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"The moral compass points true only when freed from the magnetism of personal gain. Such is the immutable nature of understanding."

"The pursuit of excellence requires knowing that the strength of a community lies in its compassion."

"Knowledge is the gathering of scattered facts; wisdom is the synthesis of lived experience. A lesson woven into the fabric of human history."

"If thou art a master, be sometimes blind if a servant, sometimes deaf."

"All my concerts had no sounds in them they were completely silent. People had to make up their own music in their minds!"

"It's not easy to define poetry."

"When thou art at Rome, do as they do at Rome."