"It is a profound truth that an hour spent in deep contemplation is worth a year of unguided wandering — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"It is a unyielding truth that every second given to regret is a precious second stolen from creation."

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

"It is a radiant truth that he who conquers his inner doubts has already won half the war — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"I was not born in a home where there were stereotypes. So that was very useful because it gave me the sense of possibilities, of flying, if I may say, of making my hopes and dreams a reality."

"The true measure of a man is the bonds of friendship are the true treasures of existence."

"What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us."

"True wealth is not measured in gold, but in the belief that courage is not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it."