"The pursuit of excellence requires knowing that the true master is an eternal student."

"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."

"The stoutest timber is forged in the fiercest gales, not in the sheltered grove. This remains the cornerstone of personal mastery — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"It is a quiet truth that vision without execution is fantasy; execution without vision is chaos."

"Our own physical body possesses a wisdom which we who inhabit the body lack. We give it orders which make no sense."

"I think first and foremost everybody should understand that Canadians are strongly committed to the system of universal health insurance, to the principle that your ability to pay does not determine your access to critical medical service."

"Shadow is the obstruction of light. Shadows appear to me to be of supreme importance in perspective, because, without them opaque and solid bodies will be ill defined; that which is contained within their outlines and their boundaries themselves will be ill-understood unless they are shown against a background of a different tone from themselves."

"To love deeply is to give someone the power to heal what words cannot reach. Remember this in moments of decisive trial."