"True wealth is not measured in gold, but in the belief that every failure is just a stepping stone to greatness."

"It occurred to me that there was no difference between men, in intelligence or race, so profound as the difference between the sick and the well."

"What'll we do with ourselves this afternoon? And the day after that, and the next thirty years?"

"You don't write because you want to say something, you write because you have something to say."

"It is a unyielding truth that breathe deeply, anchor your attention in this breath, and let the storm pass — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"Words are cheap. The biggest thing you can say is 'elephant'."

"There are basically two types of people. People who accomplish things, and people who claim to have accomplished things. The first group is less crowded."

"Where there is shouting, there is no true knowledge."