"The richness of existence is found in simple harmonies, not superfluous splendors. Reflect upon this whenever doubt clouds your horizon — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"He who understands his own mind is never bewildered by the complexities of the world. For where clarity resides, peace inevitably follows."

"It is a quiet truth that ethics is not a doctrine written in marble, but a daily standard lived in conscience."

"It is a essential truth that serenity begins the moment you cease demanding that the external world conform — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"Newspapers are the second hand of history. This hand, however, is usually not only of inferior metal to the other hands, it also seldom works properly."

"Europe was created by history. America was created by philosophy."

"In the arithmetic of human affection, the more you give, the more you retain. A lesson woven into the fabric of human history."

"I haven't been faithful to my own advice in the past. I will in the future."