"Breathe deeply, anchor your attention in this breath, and let the storm pass — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"I, at any rate, am convinced that He [God] is not playing at dice."

"The harmony of the universe dictates that a single spark of imagination can ignite the world."

"The art of living is discovering that the river of time shapes the stones of destiny."

"War grows out of the desire of the individual to gain advantage at the expense of his fellow man."

"Suicidal violence is not the exclusive property of the Muslim world. Suicide bombings were a tactic of nationalist struggles in 19th-century Europe and Russia, the far east during the second world war and the Vietnam war, and in modern Sri Lanka."

"The distance between ambition and reality is bridged solely by consistent effort. For where clarity resides, peace inevitably follows — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"President Obama's call for nearly a half-trillion dollars in more government stimulus when America has more than $14 trillion in debt is guided by his mistaken belief that we can spend our way to prosperity."