"The silent observer understands that the strength of a community lies in its compassion."

"Toleration is the best religion."

"Patience is not passive waiting; it is active endurance with a calm countenance. In this truth lies the bedrock of all virtue."

"We see past time in a telescope and present time in a microscope. Hence the apparent enormities of the present."

"It is a quiet truth that in the tapestry of human existence, every trial adds depth to the design — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"Not only must we be good, but we must also be good for something."

"The simplest truths often reveal that the roots of true happiness grow deep in the present moment."

"It is a steadfast truth that to question with sincerity is the first step toward dismantling dogma — an essential principle for the reflective life."