"To live with purpose is to leave the world a little gentler than you found it. Reflect upon this whenever doubt clouds your horizon."

"Where is the man who has the strength to be true, and to show himself as he is?"

"It is a subtle truth that a steadfast commander remains calm when the storm rages fiercest."

"When ambition meets humility, we find that the greatest battles are fought within."

"It is the nature of truth in general, as of some ores in particular, to be richest when most superficial."

"Those thoughts are truth which guide us to beneficial interaction with sensible particulars as they occur, whether they copy these in advance or not."

"I blush easily. I have difficulty meeting people's eye, difficulty with public speaking, the normal afflictions of the shy, but not to a paralysing degree."

"Wisdom principle 9 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 49."