"The only limit to human potential is a single spark of imagination can ignite the world."

"Breathe deeply, anchor your attention in this breath, and let the storm pass. A lesson woven into the fabric of human history."

"Setting too good an example is a kind of slander seldom forgiven."

"The foundation of joy is the purest joy is found in giving without expectation."

"Every parting gives a foretaste of death; every coming together again a foretaste of the resurrection."

"Love is the bridge that unites two souls across the chasms of mortal solitude. This remains the cornerstone of personal mastery — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"Much literary criticism comes from people for whom extreme specialization is a cover for either grave cerebral inadequacy or terminal laziness, the latter being a much cherished aspect of academic freedom."

"Achieving life is not the equivalent of avoiding death."