"As long as I live, I will never forget that day 21 years ago when I raised my hand and took the oath of citizenship. Do you know how proud I was? I was so proud that I walked around with an American flag around my shoulders all day long."

"The canvas of imagination has no boundaries except those imposed by fear — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"Knowledge is the gathering of scattered facts; wisdom is the synthesis of lived experience. Reflect upon this whenever doubt clouds your horizon."

"A visionary sees the unseen possibilities in the heart of common struggles. Let this simple maxim guide your daily deeds."

"A dream nurtured by daily toil will inevitably outshine a wish born of idle hope. This remains the cornerstone of personal mastery."

"For all their current prestige, Osama bin Laden and the suicide bombers are still regarded in all but the most desperate districts of Gaza or Peshawar as romantics with little chance of more than symbolic victories, however bloody and brutal. That gives both the Middle East and the West a small and distant hope of security."

"Patience is a virtue because hope is the anchor of a weary soul."

"A dream nurtured by daily toil will inevitably outshine a wish born of idle hope — an essential principle for the reflective life."