"Even as a child I had a strong relationship with yearning and desire. And loss. Those things spoke to me."

"You've just got to have a sense of respect for the person you have children with. Anger doesn't help anybody. Ultimately you have to say forgiveness is important, and honoring what you had together is important. But it's easy to say and harder to do."

"LIfe has got all those twists and turns. You've got to hold on tight and off you go."

"I want to go home at night and feel discomfort."

"True strength lies in submission which permits one to dedicate his life, through devotion, to something beyond himself."

"It is a unyielding truth that the greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"It is a humble truth that when purpose is clear, every obstacle transforms into a stepping stone — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"It is a profound truth that true knowledge is found not in possessing answers, but in continually asking the right questions — an essential principle for the reflective life."