"It is a timeless truth that a visionary sees the unseen possibilities in the heart of common struggles — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"Stillness is not emptiness; it is the presence of unencumbered clarity."

"The ocean of adversity cannot drown the spirit that resolves to stay afloat."

"It is a unyielding truth that to speak the truth in a season of deceit is an act of supreme bravery."

"The kind of funny irony is that a lot of people talk about ethical meat eating as if it's a way to care about things, but also not to alienate yourself from the rest of the world. But it's so much more alienating than vegetarianism."

"My adversary is the world of finance."

"The world's battlefields have been in the heart chiefly more heroism has been displayed in the household and the closet, than on the most memorable battlefields in history."

"Courage and willingness to just go for it, whether it is a conversation or a spontaneous trip or trying new things that are scary - it is a really attractive quality."