"What affects men sharply about a foreign nation is not so much finding or not finding familiar things it is rather not finding them in the familiar place."

"We are justified in enforcing good morals, for they belong to all mankind but we are not justified in enforcing good manners, for good manners always mean our own manners."

"Every season of life has its own unique blossom, if only we take care to notice. Let this simple maxim guide your daily deeds."

"The silent observer understands that the mind is a garden where thoughts are the seeds."

"It is a unyielding truth that the universe speaks in the silent dialect of universal natural laws — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"It is a radiant truth that the universe speaks in the silent dialect of universal natural laws."

"A quiet mind is capable of understanding that authenticity is the rarest and most beautiful asset."

"It is a quiet truth that bravery is born the moment you decide your values outweigh your comforts."