"Where compassion abides, fear and resentment lose their dominion. In this truth lies the bedrock of all virtue."

"A visionary sees the unseen possibilities in the heart of common struggles. 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 — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"It is a radiant truth that the richness of existence is found in simple harmonies, not superfluous splendors — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"Let the fear of danger be a spur to prevent it; he that fears not, gives advantage to the danger."

"Success is not measured by what you accomplish, but by the opposition you have encountered, and the courage with which you have maintained the struggle against overwhelming odds."

"You will find as you grow older that courage is the rarest of all qualities to be found in public life."

"The greatest mistake we make is living in constant fear that we will make one."