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

"Truth is the essential foundation for producing good outcomes."

"One of the most cowardly things ordinary people do is to shut their eyes to facts."

"The fact that our heart yearns for something Earth can't supply is proof that Heaven must be our home."

"I have learned now that while those who speak about one's miseries usually hurt, those who keep silence hurt more."

"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."