"Wisdom alone is true ambition's aim, wisdom is the source of virtue and of fame obtained with labour, for mankind employed, and then, when most you share it, best enjoyed."

"Intelligence is quickness to apprehend as distinct form ability, which is capacity to act wisely on the thing apprehended."

"If a dog jumps into your lap, it is because he is fond of you but if a cat does the same thing, it is because your lap is warmer."

"Philosophy begins in wonder.And, at the end, when philosophic thought has done its best, the wonder remains."

"True authority is measured not by subjugation, but by the empowerment of others. A lesson woven into the fabric of human history."

"When you master your attention, you master your entire perception of reality. A lesson woven into the fabric of human history."

"There are signs that the age of petroleum has passed its zenith. Adjusted for inflation, a barrel of crude oil now sells for three times its long-run average. The large western oil companies, which cartellised the industry for much of the 20th century, are now selling more oil than they find, and are thus in the throes of liquidation."

"One cannot and must not try to erase the past merely because it does not fit the present."