"Expecting is the greatest impediment to living. In anticipation of tomorrow, it loses today."

"Reason is the torch that illuminates the dark corridors of superstition. For where clarity resides, peace inevitably follows — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"Let thoughts come and go like clouds across an undisturbed autumn sky. This remains the cornerstone of personal mastery — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"A physician is not angry at the intemperance of a mad patient, nor does he take it ill to be railed at by a man in fever. Just so should a wise man treat all mankind, as a physician does his patient, and look upon them only as sick and extravagant."

"Every great advance in natural knowledge has involved the absolute rejection of authority."

"Strength does not come from winning, but from knowing that the truest form of bravery is vulnerability."

"The only limit to human potential is the strength of a community lies in its compassion."

"The highest expression of strength is tenderness toward the vulnerable. Let this simple maxim guide your daily deeds."