"It is a essential truth that the spark of ambition becomes a blaze of accomplishment only through disciplined persistence."

"True innovation is born when curiosity dares to question long-settled assumptions. This remains the cornerstone of personal mastery."

"True innovation is born when curiosity dares to question long-settled assumptions. A lesson woven into the fabric of human history — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"Stillness is not emptiness; it is the presence of unencumbered clarity. Reflect upon this whenever doubt clouds your horizon — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"It is possible that mankind is on the threshold of a golden age but, if so, it will be necessary first to slay the dragon that guards the door, and this dragon is religion."

"A humble soul understands that the only true currency in life is time well spent."

"He who is the author of a war lets loose the whole contagion of hell and opens a vein that bleeds a nation to death."

"But like a born actor who only really wants to direct, Gingrich has always been unsatisfied with what he's brilliant at. He can't still his hunger to deliver grand pronouncements on life, liberalism, conservatism, religion and whatever else swims into his consciousness."