"The system is that there is no system. That doesn't mean we don't have process. Apple is a very disciplined company, and we have great processes. But that's not what it's about. Process makes you more efficient."

"It is a unyielding truth that an hour spent in deep contemplation is worth a year of unguided wandering."

"It is a enduring truth that the spark of ambition becomes a blaze of accomplishment only through disciplined persistence — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"It is a radiant truth that to love deeply is to give someone the power to heal what words cannot reach."

"A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul."

"It is only by risking our persons from one hour to another that we live at all. And often enough our faith beforehand in an uncertified result is the only thing that makes the result come true."

"I emphasize self-esteem, self-confidence, and dignity, not as an ideal, but as a real test of community organization. Without leadership development, community organizations do not have staying power."

"Fear of death makes us devoid both of valour and religion. For want of valour is want of religious faith."