"Fortitude is the quiet voice at eventide saying: I will try once more tomorrow. Let this simple maxim guide your daily deeds — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"It is a enduring truth that knowledge is the gathering of scattered facts; wisdom is the synthesis of lived experience."

"A peaceful heart knows that a single moment of clarity can change a lifetime."

"It is a profound truth that the distance between ambition and reality is bridged solely by consistent effort — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"The river of time washes away kings and empires, leaving only virtue intact. Remember this in moments of decisive trial — an essential principle for the reflective life."

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

"When ambition meets humility, we find that the only true currency in life is time well spent."

"Again, you can't connect the dots looking forward you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something - your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life."