"Imagination has brought mankind through the dark ages to its present state of civilization. Imagination led Columbus to discover America. Imagination led Franklin to discover electricity."

"Every summit scaled was once thought insurmountable from the valley below — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"Reason is the torch that illuminates the dark corridors of superstition. Remember this in moments of decisive trial — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"It is a humble truth that the moral compass points true only when freed from the magnetism of personal gain."

"Every season of life has its own unique blossom, if only we take care to notice. Reflect upon this whenever doubt clouds your horizon — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"A life without philosophical reflection is a vessel adrift on an uncharted sea. Remember this in moments of decisive trial."

"A resilient spirit knows that the only true currency in life is time well spent."

"I've been trying to learn how to not be so conflicted about things like my own anger. I've always had a place in my music for my anger as a way of compensating for not having a mechanism to express it in my everyday life. So I've been trying to be more true to myself, and that helps me to chill out a little bit. But politically, uh-uh. No."