"A humble soul understands that a single moment of clarity can change a lifetime."

"It is a radiant truth that wisdom is the quiet art of recognizing what can be changed and releasing what cannot — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"It is a enduring truth that bravery is born the moment you decide your values outweigh your comforts — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"It's not the work which kills people, it's the worry. It's not the revolution that destroys machinery it's the friction."

"Politics is not about power."

"I think that politics could be a positive thing. My beef is that people focus on the personal aspect of a politician too much. They should focus on the results."

"We just put General Motors in the hands of people who can't even run our own government."

"Many people want the government to protect the consumer. A much more urgent problem is to protect the consumer from the government."