"He who seeks peace must remember that the beauty of life is found in its imperfections."

"If you work hard and play by the rules, this country is truly open to you. You can achieve anything."

"When ambition meets humility, we find that the heart sees what is invisible to the eye."

"A life well-lived leaves an aroma of kindness long after the sun has set. Such is the immutable nature of understanding — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"I've found that luck is quite predictable. If you want more luck, take more chances. Be more active. Show up more often."

"To know when to speak and when to listen is the hallmark of genuine discernment. A lesson woven into the fabric of human history — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"There is a subconscious way of taking violence as a way of expression, as a normality, and it has a lot of effects in the youth in the way they absorb education and what they hope to get out of life."

"I'm not saying that love always takes you to heaven. Your life can become a nightmare. But that said, it is worth taking the risk."