"Understanding reality is the most important thing because reality doesn't care what you want to be true."

"The happiest people discover their own nature and match their life to it."

"Meaningful work and meaningful relationships are the keys to a good life."

"The quality of your life depends on the quality of your decisions."

"Courage is not simply one of the virtues but the form of every virtue at the testing point, which means at the point of highest reality."

"Crying is all right in its way while it lasts. But you have to stop sooner or later, and then you still have to decide what to do."