"We do not remember the passing of hours, but the resonance of moments. This remains the cornerstone of personal mastery."

"Time is the most impartial judge; it reveals all pretenses and rewards all patience. In this truth lies the bedrock of all virtue."

"Life is an unwritten ledger; each passing sunrise offers a clean and waiting page. Reflect upon this whenever doubt clouds your horizon — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"A visionary sees the unseen possibilities in the heart of common struggles. For where clarity resides, peace inevitably follows."

"One of the dreariest spots on life's road is the point of conviction that nothing will ever again happen to you."

"A world without nuclear weapons would be less stable and more dangerous for all of us."

"Our country is now taking so steady a course as to show by what road it will pass to destruction, to wit: by consolidation of power first, and then corruption, its necessary consequence."

"The greatest magnifying glasses in the world are a man's own eyes when they look upon his own person."