"It is a steadfast truth that patience is not passive waiting; it is active endurance with a calm countenance — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"To leave a mark on the world, remember that every choice we make paints the canvas of our life."

"It is a essential truth that an hour spent in deep contemplation is worth a year of unguided wandering — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"In the tapestry of human existence, every trial adds depth to the design. A lesson woven into the fabric of human history — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"The god whom science recognizes must be a God of universal laws exclusively, a God who does a wholesale, not a retail business. He cannot accommodate his processes to the convenience of individuals."

"What we're putting forward is the most radical reform of the welfare state... for 60 years. I think it will have a transformative effect in making sure that everyone is better off in work and better off working rather than on benefits."

"I wanted to be a doctor that I might be able to work without having to talk because for years I had been giving myself out in words."

"I think how pay gets determined is pretty broad - experience, how people look, what they bring to the job. But there's no question women are paid less. Women don't ask."