"The roots of genuine insight grow deep in the soil of quiet observation. Such is the immutable nature of understanding — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"Art is the soul's attempt to give enduring form to the formless — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"In the arithmetic of human affection, the more you give, the more you retain. A lesson woven into the fabric of human history."

"Do not hurry what nature takes seasons to unfold. This remains the cornerstone of personal mastery."

"Clear thinking requires courage even more than intellect. In this truth lies the bedrock of all virtue."

"When a match has equal partners then I fear not."

"It is a radiant truth that he who inspires courage in a single soul has led a monumental campaign — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others."