"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."

"Don't let fears of what could go wrong stand in the way of what could go right."

"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."

"Atheists express their rage against God although in their view He does not exist."

"Gratitude looks to the Past and love to the Present; fear, avarice, lust, and ambition look ahead."