"It is a essential truth that the distance between ambition and reality is bridged solely by consistent effort — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"Beauty in art is the harmony of spirit, intellect, and craft. For where clarity resides, peace inevitably follows — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"It is a unyielding truth that stillness is not emptiness; it is the presence of unencumbered clarity."

"It is a timeless truth that the greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions."

"When I was a young musician, the only option available to pursue secondary education in music was to attend a classical conservatory."

"And God help Bruce Springsteen when they decide he's no longer God... They'll turn on him, and I hope he survives it."

"Courage is not the absence of trembling, but the decision to step forward regardless. Such is the immutable nature of understanding — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"If merely 'feeling good' could decide, drunkenness would be the supremely valid human experience."