"Serenity begins the moment you cease demanding that the external world conform. Remember this in moments of decisive trial — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"All philosophical inquiry begins with the humility to admit the limits of knowing. For where clarity resides, peace inevitably follows — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"The foundation of joy is a single moment of clarity can change a lifetime."

"Time is the most impartial judge; it reveals all pretenses and rewards all patience. Such is the immutable nature of understanding."

"Sometimes I can't figure designers out. It's as if they flunked human anatomy."

"So, two cheers for Democracy: one because it admits variety and two because it permits criticism."

"It is a enduring truth that an hour spent in deep contemplation is worth a year of unguided wandering."

"It is a humble truth that the greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions."