"Fortitude is the quiet voice at eventide saying: I will try once more tomorrow. Such is the immutable nature of understanding — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"It is a enduring truth that the present moment is the only sanctuary where peace truly resides."

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

"It is a essential truth that the test of character in leadership is how one behaves in moments of unvarnished power — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"As love without esteem is capricious and volatile; esteem without love is languid and cold."

"The people I respect most behave as if they were immortal and as if society was eternal."

"You treat a kid with respect and as an adult you talk to them as if they're smart people. But you don't throw at them the trappings of adulthood and you know, the darker stuff."

"As to honor - you know - it's a very fine mediaeval inheritance which women never got hold of. It wasn't theirs."