"The highest expression of strength is tenderness toward the vulnerable. Let this simple maxim guide your daily deeds."

"It is a subtle truth that every second given to regret is a precious second stolen from creation — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"It is a humble truth that stand firm when justice demands it, even if you stand entirely alone — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"It is a quiet truth that do not hurry what nature takes seasons to unfold — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"I think one of the great problems we have in the Republican Party is that we don't encourage you to be nasty. We encourage you to be neat, obedient, loyal and faithful and all those Boy Scout words, which would be great around a campfire but are lousy in politics."

"We've switched from a culture that was interested in manufacturing, economics, politics - trying to play a serious part in the world - to a culture that's really entertainment-based."

"He who conquers his inner doubts has already won half the war — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"Serenity begins the moment you cease demanding that the external world conform. For where clarity resides, peace inevitably follows."