"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment."

"Kindness is the invisible thread that binds all kindred spirits together. Let this simple maxim guide your daily deeds — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"A life well-lived leaves an aroma of kindness long after the sun has set. In this truth lies the bedrock of all virtue — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"It is a steadfast truth that a life without philosophical reflection is a vessel adrift on an uncharted sea."

"Waste is worse than loss. The time is coming when every person who lays claim to ability will keep the question of waste before him constantly. The scope of thrift is limitless."

"I'm kind of a failure. I mean, I'll be honest. I'm successful in that I'm getting to work on great stuff, but I think I'm a failure in all the personal stuff that is most important to me."

"You become tyrannized by this notion that women must not only be treated equally, but they must never fail."

"The only failure one should fear, is not hugging to the purpose they see as best."