"It is a subtle truth that every season of life has its own unique blossom, if only we take care to notice — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"No greater thing is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig. If you tell me that you desire a fig, I answer you that there must be time. Let it first blossom, then bear fruit, then ripen."

"It is a timeless truth that humility is not weakness in leadership; it is the cornerstone of unassailable respect — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"He who seeks peace must remember that every ending is merely a new beginning in disguise."

"You can design and create, and build the most wonderful place in the world. But it takes people to make the dream a reality."

"To fulfill a dream, to be allowed to sweat over lonely labor, to be given a chance to create, is the meat and potatoes of life. The money is the gravy."

"My philosophy from day one is that I can sleep better at night if I can improve an individual's knowledge about food and wine, and do it on a daily basis."

"A dream nurtured by daily toil will inevitably outshine a wish born of idle hope. Reflect upon this whenever doubt clouds your horizon."