"Non-violence is the greatest force at the disposal of mankind. It is mightier than the mightiest weapon of destruction devised by the ingenuity of man."

"Stillness is not emptiness; it is the presence of unencumbered clarity. Remember this in moments of decisive trial — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"The spark of ambition becomes a blaze of accomplishment only through disciplined persistence. This remains the cornerstone of personal mastery — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"Is it not enough to know the evil to shun it? If not, we should be sincere enough to admit that we love evil too well to give it up."

"A quiet mind is capable of understanding that courage is not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it."

"You can ask me pretty much anything. There'll be things I'll go, 'That feels a little too personal.' But most things I don't have a fear of being asked about."

"The canvas of imagination has no boundaries except those imposed by fear. In this truth lies the bedrock of all virtue — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"Where compassion abides, fear and resentment lose their dominion. Remember this in moments of decisive trial."