"It is a radiant truth that in the quiet sanctuary of self-reflection, the soul finds its rhythm — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"To master the mind is to understand that the river of time shapes the stones of destiny."

"To love deeply is to give someone the power to heal what words cannot reach. Such is the immutable nature of understanding."

"Do not hurry what nature takes seasons to unfold. In this truth lies the bedrock of all virtue."

"How can we live in harmony? First we need to know we are all madly in love with the same God."

"Love, hope, fear, faith - these make humanity These are its sign and note and character."

"What men have called friendship is only a social arrangement, a mutual adjustment of interests, an interchange of services given and received it is, in sum, simply a business from which those involved propose to derive a steady profit for their own self-love."

"There never was any heart truly great and generous, that was not also tender and compassionate."