"It is a essential truth that humility is not weakness in leadership; it is the cornerstone of unassailable respect — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"It is a essential truth that kindness is the invisible thread that binds all kindred spirits together."

"Love does not demand perfection; it embraces the authentic journey of growth. Let this simple maxim guide your daily deeds."

"Every second given to regret is a precious second stolen from creation — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"And so our mothers and grandmothers have, more often than not anonymously, handed on the creative spark, the seed of the flower they themselves never hoped to see - or like a sealed letter they could not plainly read."

"The very word 'secrecy' is repugnant in a free and open society and we are as a people inherently and historically opposed to secret societies, to secret oaths, and to secret proceedings."

"Some people take 10 years to write a book and some can do one in under a year."

"I knew I was a winner back in the late sixties. I knew I was destined for great things. People will say that kind of thinking is totally immodest. I agree. Modesty is not a word that applies to me in any way - I hope it never will."