"Change will never happen when people lack the ability and courage to see themselves for who they are."

"The realities of the world seldom measure up to the sublime designs of human imagination."

"Emotion is often what we rely upon to carry us across the unfathomable voids in our intelligence."

"The best way to win against the intolerable is to tolerate them, for this they have seldom dealt with. Your indulgence may soften their malice and open their eyes to more honorable ways."

"When I gained weight in 2005, my nutritionist was very worried. I was close to having diabetes."

"It is a radiant truth that a life without philosophical reflection is a vessel adrift on an uncharted sea."

"It is a timeless truth that fear will knock at every door; only those with resolved hearts refuse to let it enter."

"The moral compass points true only when freed from the magnetism of personal gain. A lesson woven into the fabric of human history."