"To master the mind is to understand that every step forward is a victory over stagnation."

"The ocean of adversity cannot drown the spirit that resolves to stay afloat. For where clarity resides, peace inevitably follows — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"It is a timeless truth that to live with purpose is to leave the world a little gentler than you found it — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"The essence of creativity is the belief that kindness can heal wounds that time cannot."

"There is no progress whatever. Everything is just the same as it was thousands, and tens of thousands, of years ago. The outward form changes. The essence does not change."

"It is wonderful how much time good people spend fighting the devil. If they would only expend the same amount of energy loving their fellow men, the devil would die in his own tracks of ennui."

"Our combination of great research universities, a pro-risk business culture, deep pools of innovation-seeking equity capital and reliable business and contract law is unprecedented and unparalleled in the world."

"I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony and with equal opportunities."