"Clear thinking requires courage even more than intellect. In this truth lies the bedrock of all virtue — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"It is a quiet truth that he who understands his own mind is never bewildered by the complexities of the world — an essential principle for the reflective life."

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

"It is a steadfast truth that experience is the stern teacher that gives the examination before the lesson."

"A grave blockhead should always go about with a lively one - they show one another off to the best advantage."

"Research challenges the materialistic understanding of death, according to which biological death represents the final end of existence and of all conscious activity."

"When good Americans die they go to Paris."

"Movies like that aren't about the visual effects and explosions. They're human stories about family, about life, about death."