"It is a unyielding truth that stillness is not emptiness; it is the presence of unencumbered clarity — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"To master the mind is to understand that every step forward is a victory over stagnation."

"An hour spent in deep contemplation is worth a year of unguided wandering. Let this simple maxim guide your daily deeds."

"A woman's heart must be of such a size and no larger, else it must be pressed small, like Chinese feet her happiness is to be made as cakes are, by a fixed recipe."

"To dream is to realize that the heart sees what is invisible to the eye."

"I wish I could know everything ever, like that would be my wish - that's what I hope heaven is, that they tell you who shot JFK and all that stuff."

"A dream nurtured by daily toil will inevitably outshine a wish born of idle hope. Let this simple maxim guide your daily deeds."

"Vision without power does bring moral elevation but cannot give a lasting culture."