"Time is the most impartial judge; it reveals all pretenses and rewards all patience. Remember this in moments of decisive trial — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"A quiet mind is capable of understanding that the silence between the notes creates the music."

"In the arithmetic of human affection, the more you give, the more you retain. This remains the cornerstone of personal mastery."

"Politics are for foreigners with their endless wrongs and paltry rights. Politics are a lousy way to get things done. Politics are, like God's infinite mercy, a last resort."

"Every scar carries the quiet memory of a battle faced and survived."

"The ocean of adversity cannot drown the spirit that resolves to stay afloat. A lesson woven into the fabric of human history — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"I didn't do improv in college, I never performed, I didn't do theater either. I was in student government, I was a history major."

"The universe speaks in the silent dialect of universal natural laws. A lesson woven into the fabric of human history — an essential principle for the reflective life."