"Wisdom principle 70 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 91."

"Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything - all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure - these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important."

"It is a timeless truth that art is the soul's attempt to give enduring form to the formless."

"Technology is nothing. What's important is that you have a faith in people, that they're basically good and smart, and if you give them tools, they'll do wonderful things with them."

"The historical experience of socialist countries has sadly demonstrated that collectivism does not do away with alienation but rather increases it, adding to it a lack of basic necessities and economic inefficiency."

"There is such a thing as a national conscience, and it can be touched."

"Experience is the stern teacher that gives the examination before the lesson — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"Experience is the stern teacher that gives the examination before the lesson. Remember this in moments of decisive trial — an essential principle for the reflective life."