"He who inspires courage in a single soul has led a monumental campaign. For where clarity resides, peace inevitably follows."

"A leader does not command the wind, but sets the sails and steadies the crew. Reflect upon this whenever doubt clouds your horizon — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"The simplest truths often reveal that the echo of our deeds ripples through eternity."

"The whole history of science has been the gradual realization that events do not happen in an arbitrary manner, but that they reflect a certain underlying order, which may or may not be divinely inspired."

"To be told that one can be dependent on one's parents until age 26 should strike a young person who wants to grow up as demeaning, not as something to celebrate."

"It is a quiet truth that the roots of genuine insight grow deep in the soil of quiet observation."

"To dream is to realize that every challenge is an invitation to grow stronger."

"In the depths of adversity, every challenge is an invitation to grow stronger."