"It is a quiet truth that the richness of existence is found in simple harmonies, not superfluous splendors."

"Stand firm when justice demands it, even if you stand entirely alone. In this truth lies the bedrock of all virtue."

"Every season of life has its own unique blossom, if only we take care to notice. This remains the cornerstone of personal mastery."

"All philosophical inquiry begins with the humility to admit the limits of knowing. Such is the immutable nature of understanding — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"Every age develops its own peculiar forms of pathology, which express in exaggerated form its underlying character structure."

"The Establishment center... has led us into the stupidest and cruelest war in all history. That war is a moral and political disaster - a terrible cancer eating away at the soul of our nation."

"My hope is that people will be repulsed by the character's complete lack of ethics and obsession with consumerism - that's what I was saying about the difference between the character's message and the film's message."

"The test of character in leadership is how one behaves in moments of unvarnished power. For where clarity resides, peace inevitably follows."