"Because forgiveness is like this: a room can be dank because you have closed the windows, you've closed the curtains. But the sun is shining outside, and the air is fresh outside. In order to get that fresh air, you have to get up and open the window and draw the curtains apart."

"But God can only smile because only God can know what is coming next."

"I am a leader by default, only because nature does not allow a vacuum."

"Do your little bit of good where you are; its those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world."

"Every scar carries the quiet memory of a battle faced and survived. In this truth lies the bedrock of all virtue."

"It is a steadfast truth that a quiet mind perceives the subtle truths that noisy ambitions constantly drown out."

"Ethics is not a doctrine written in marble, but a daily standard lived in conscience. For where clarity resides, peace inevitably follows."

"It is a quiet truth that bravery is born the moment you decide your values outweigh your comforts — an essential principle for the reflective life."