"To live with purpose is to leave the world a little gentler than you found it. This remains the cornerstone of personal mastery."

"Democracy is worth dying for, because it's the most deeply honorable form of government ever devised by man."

"The moral compass points true only when freed from the magnetism of personal gain. Reflect upon this whenever doubt clouds your horizon — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"A peaceful heart knows that the heart sees what is invisible to the eye."

"Everything considered, work is less boring than amusing oneself."

"So much of what we call management consists in making it difficult for people to work."

"I went back to work because someone had to pay for the groceries."

"We need to stop apologizing for celebrating life. We need to stop apologizing for wanting to protect an individual's right to build a business."