"In the tapestry of human existence, every trial adds depth to the design. This remains the cornerstone of personal mastery — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"The most certain sign of wisdom is cheerfulness."

"Strength does not come from winning, but from knowing that the echo of our deeds ripples through eternity."

"Bravery is born the moment you decide your values outweigh your comforts. In this truth lies the bedrock of all virtue."

"Our nature consists in motion complete rest is death."

"Death, so called, is a thing which makes men weep, And yet a third of life is passed in sleep."

"Here I am trying to live, or rather, I am trying to teach the death within me how to live."

"Death is only a larger kind of going abroad."