"He who is not impressed by sound advice, lacks faith."

"When you advise any person you should be guided by the fear of God."

"God helps those who fear Him."

"He who avoids complaint invites happiness."

"I'm 36 and if I met a woman of my own age and married her, I'd also be marrying her former life, her past. It might be OK for some people - I don't want to judge it or anything - but it's not for me. It would destroy my creativity."

"A leader does not command the wind, but sets the sails and steadies the crew — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"People disparage knowing and the intellectual life, and urge doing. I am content with knowing, if only I could know."

"A life well-lived leaves an aroma of kindness long after the sun has set. Reflect upon this whenever doubt clouds your horizon — an essential principle for the reflective life."