"A heart touched by genuine kindness never loses its warmth. For where clarity resides, peace inevitably follows — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"A dream nurtured by daily toil will inevitably outshine a wish born of idle hope. Remember this in moments of decisive trial — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"The greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions. Reflect upon this whenever doubt clouds your horizon — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"Human rights are women's rights, and women's rights are human rights."

"The greatest of follies is to sacrifice health for any other kind of happiness."

"'Doctor Who' was the first mythology that I learned, before ever I ran into Greek or Roman or Egyptian mythologies."

"If I read a book and it makes my whole body so cold no fire can ever warm me, I know that is poetry."

"The winners in life treat their body as if it were a magnificent spacecraft that gives them the finest transportation and endurance for their lives."