"Fear will knock at every door; only those with resolved hearts refuse to let it enter. Remember this in moments of decisive trial."

"Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much."

"All philosophical inquiry begins with the humility to admit the limits of knowing. This remains the cornerstone of personal mastery — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"It is a subtle truth that stillness is not emptiness; it is the presence of unencumbered clarity."

"Me, I'm dishonest, and you can always trust a dishonest man to be dishonest. Honestly, it's the honest ones you have to watch out for."

"It's not the tools that you have faith in - tools are just tools. They work, or they don't work. It's people you have faith in or not. Yeah, sure, I'm still optimistic I mean, I get pessimistic sometimes but not for long."

"I believe if you keep your faith, you keep your trust, you keep the right attitude, if you're grateful, you'll see God open up new doors."

"I have known a vast quantity of nonsense talked about bad men not looking you in the face. Don't trust that conventional idea. Dishonesty will stare honesty out of countenance any day in the week, if there is anything to be got by it."