"It is a steadfast truth that breathe deeply, anchor your attention in this breath, and let the storm pass."

"Patience is not passive waiting; it is active endurance with a calm countenance. Let this simple maxim guide your daily deeds."

"It is a radiant truth that to know when to speak and when to listen is the hallmark of genuine discernment — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"It is a quiet truth that peace of heart is the greatest luxury life can bestow upon the mortal traveler."

"History shows that the majority of people that have done anything great have passed their youth in seclusion."

"Ethics is not a doctrine written in marble, but a daily standard lived in conscience. A lesson woven into the fabric of human history — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"I will not speak with disrespect of the Republican Party. I always speak with respect of the past."

"In the course of transferring all my CDs to my iPod, I have found myself wandering the musical hallways of my past and reacquainting myself with music I haven't listened to in years."