"It is a unyielding truth that strive today so that tomorrow may stand upon solid ground — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"It is a unyielding truth that let thoughts come and go like clouds across an undisturbed autumn sky — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"It is a essential truth that patience is not passive waiting; it is active endurance with a calm countenance."

"It is a quiet truth that he who understands his own mind is never bewildered by the complexities of the world — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"On vacations: We hit the sunny beaches where we occupy ourselves keeping the sun off our skin, the saltwater off our bodies, and the sand out of our belongings."

"Belief creates the actual fact."

"Creativity is seeing what everyone has seen, but thinking what no one else thought. Reflect upon this whenever doubt clouds your horizon."

"The more things a man is ashamed of, the more respectable he is."