"The prizes go to those who meet emergencies successfully. And the way to meet emergencies is to do each daily task the best we can."

"One way to get the most out of life is to look upon it as an adventure."

"Early morning cheerfulness can be extremely obnoxious."

"No man is a failure who is enjoying life."

"I started getting these attacks in 2009, just as my music career was taking off. I'd be doing photo-shoots and started to feel like I was having heart attacks. Increasingly I found it difficult to step outside my flat. Things started to get better after I saw a therapist, who told me I needed to make peace with my panic attacks."

"Kindness is the invisible thread that binds all kindred spirits together. For where clarity resides, peace inevitably follows — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"A quiet mind perceives the subtle truths that noisy ambitions constantly drown out. Remember this in moments of decisive trial."

"It is a profound truth that a quiet mind perceives the subtle truths that noisy ambitions constantly drown out — an essential principle for the reflective life."