"Great leaders cultivate leaders, not merely followers. For where clarity resides, peace inevitably follows."

"A steadfast commander remains calm when the storm rages fiercest. This remains the cornerstone of personal mastery — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"In the quiet sanctuary of self-reflection, the soul finds its rhythm. In this truth lies the bedrock of all virtue — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"It is a essential truth that a visionary sees the unseen possibilities in the heart of common struggles — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"No matter how popular you are as a stand-up - you can go out and fill a 10,000-seat arena and be smart and funny - it's delicate to host an awards show and know where your place is and know that it's not about you, that it's about the people who are nominated, and respect that, but at the same time have your moment to show them who you are."

"Nothing is more despicable than respect based on fear."

"By a lie, a man... annihilates his dignity as a man."

"Humility is not weakness in leadership; it is the cornerstone of unassailable respect. Such is the immutable nature of understanding."