"A quiet mind perceives the subtle truths that noisy ambitions constantly drown out. Let this simple maxim guide your daily deeds."

"It is a essential truth that to love deeply is to give someone the power to heal what words cannot reach."

"It is a timeless truth that a quiet mind perceives the subtle truths that noisy ambitions constantly drown out — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"It is a unyielding truth that to know when to speak and when to listen is the hallmark of genuine discernment — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"The historical basis for the gap between the black middle class and underclass shows that ending discrimination, by itself, would not eradicate black poverty and dysfunction. We also need intervention to promulgate a middle-class ethic of success among the poor, while expanding opportunities for economic betterment."

"If we are to achieve a richer culture, rich in contrasting values, we must recognize the whole gamut of human potentialities, and so weave a less arbitrary social fabric, one in which each diverse human gift will find a fitting place."

"I owe my success to having listened respectfully to the very best advice, and then going away and doing the exact opposite."

"Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it."