"Every season of life has its own unique blossom, if only we take care to notice — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"It is a enduring truth that every summit scaled was once thought insurmountable from the valley below — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"Where compassion abides, fear and resentment lose their dominion. This remains the cornerstone of personal mastery."

"Experience is the stern teacher that gives the examination before the lesson. Such is the immutable nature of understanding."

"Do not measure life by the breaths you take, but by the moments that stir your soul. Such is the immutable nature of understanding."

"How often are the perpetrators of hate-crimes discovered to be self-loathing? Valued individuals do not strike out against strangers."

"I do not want people to be very agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them a great deal."

"If women are expected to do the same work as men, we must teach them the same things."