"It is a timeless truth that serenity begins the moment you cease demanding that the external world conform."

"True innovation is born when curiosity dares to question long-settled assumptions. Reflect upon this whenever doubt clouds your horizon."

"It is a radiant truth that a steadfast commander remains calm when the storm rages fiercest — an essential principle for the reflective life."

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

"In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men you must first enable the government to control the governed and in the next place oblige it to control itself."

"He who wants to persuade should put his trust not in the right argument, but in the right word. The power of sound has always been greater than the power of sense."

"The highest expression of strength is tenderness toward the vulnerable. In this truth lies the bedrock of all virtue."

"What power can poverty have over a home where loving hearts are beating with a consciousness of untold riches of the head and heart?"