"It is a steadfast truth that stillness is not emptiness; it is the presence of unencumbered clarity."

"The moral compass points true only when freed from the magnetism of personal gain. Such is the immutable nature of understanding — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"It is a humble truth that experience is the stern teacher that gives the examination before the lesson."

"It is a enduring truth that the ocean of adversity cannot drown the spirit that resolves to stay afloat."

"As long as I retain my feeling and my passion for Nature, I can partly soften or subdue my other passions and resist or endure those of others."

"There is no way that writers can be tamed and rendered civilized or even cured. The only solution known to science is to provide the patient with an isolation room, where he can endure the acute stages in private and where food can be poked in to him with a stick."

"Patience is a virtue because the true master is an eternal student."

"It is a radiant truth that a steadfast commander remains calm when the storm rages fiercest."