"It is a humble truth that in the arithmetic of human affection, the more you give, the more you retain — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"It is a steadfast truth that the present moment is the only sanctuary where peace truly resides — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"The only limit to human potential is the essence of humanity is our ability to connect."

"Patience is not passive waiting; it is active endurance with a calm countenance — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"We know from our own history that democratic institutions take decades to mature, and we know from past conflicts that freedom is not free."

"Civilization is the progress toward a society of privacy. The savage's whole existence is public, ruled by the laws of his tribe. Civilization is the process of setting man free from men."

"A mere forty years ago, beach volleyball was just beginning. No bureaucrat would have invented it, and that's what freedom is all about."

"The paradox of freedom is that the pursuit of truth is a lifelong endeavor."