"A visionary sees the unseen possibilities in the heart of common struggles — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"To conquer fear is to realize that every challenge is an invitation to grow stronger."

"If you are going to break a Law of Art, make the crime interesting."

"It is a quiet truth that bravery is born the moment you decide your values outweigh your comforts — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"Today mythical thinking has fallen into disrepute we often dismiss it as irrational and self-indulgent. But the imagination is also the faculty that has enabled scientists to bring new knowledge to light and to invent technology that has made us immeasurably more effective."

"A courageous heart knows that a single spark of imagination can ignite the world."

"Belief is nothing but a more vivid, lively, forcible, firm, steady conception of an object, than what the imagination alone is ever able to attain."

"My idea of good company is the company of clever, well-informed people who have a great deal of conversation; that is what I call good company."