"Happiness is that state of consciousness which proceeds from the achievement of one's values."

"The hardest thing to explain is the glaringly evident which everybody had decided not to see."

"Throughout the centuries there were men who took first steps, down new roads, armed with nothing but their own vision."

"A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others."

"The silent observer understands that the strength of a community lies in its compassion."

"Since Castro took power, the Cuban people have been denied basic human freedoms. No freedom of religion, no freedom of the press, no political freedom. And the regime uses brutality and violence to suppress these freedoms and impose its will."

"To love our neighbor as ourselves is such a truth for regulating human society, that by that alone one might determine all the cases in social morality."

"The highest expression of strength is tenderness toward the vulnerable. This remains the cornerstone of personal mastery — an essential principle for the reflective life."