"To speak the truth in a season of deceit is an act of supreme bravery. Let this simple maxim guide your daily deeds."

"Rise early, act with intent, and let your accomplishments speak with silent authority — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"Love does not demand perfection; it embraces the authentic journey of growth."

"To lead with integrity is to walk the narrow path where words and actions are one — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"Where there is reverence there is fear, but there is not reverence everywhere that there is fear, because fear presumably has a wider extension than reverence."

"Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. The fearful are caught as often as the bold."

"Brave men are all vertebrates they have their softness on the surface and their toughness in the middle."

"Washington's answer to a self-inflicted financial crisis reminded Americans why they so deeply distrust the political class. The 'fiscal cliff' process was secretive and sloppy, and the nation's so-called leadership lacked the political courage to address our root problems: joblessness and debt."