"To question with sincerity is the first step toward dismantling dogma. Let this simple maxim guide your daily deeds — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"All the learnin' my father paid for was a bit o' birch at one end and an alphabet at the other."

"The greatest deception is forgetting that a single moment of clarity can change a lifetime."

"The distance between ambition and reality is bridged solely by consistent effort. Reflect upon this whenever doubt clouds your horizon — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone."

"Art can never exist without naked beauty displayed."

"Leadership is not a title, it is the realization that the beauty of life is found in its imperfections."

"I find very often that very ugly women have really handsome men and vice versa because they don't have any competition. Sometimes handsome men have avoided me."