“Do what you can, where you are, with what you have.”

If you learn from defeat, you haven't really lost.

Blessed are they who see beautiful things in humble places.

I feel alone, free, and detached from everything in the world, and I'm happy.

To climb steep hills requires a slow pace at first.

Pearls are always appropriate.

A good leader can engage in a debate frankly and thoroughly, knowing that at the end he and the other side must be closer, and thus emerge stronger. You don't have that idea when you are arrogant, superficial, and uninformed.