"People usually think according to their inclinations, speak according to their learning and ingrained opinions, but generally act according to custom."

"The present moment is the only sanctuary where peace truly resides. Such is the immutable nature of understanding — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"It is a radiant 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 quiet truth that where compassion abides, fear and resentment lose their dominion."

"We do not remember the passing of hours, but the resonance of moments. Let this simple maxim guide your daily deeds — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"One of the advantages of moving quickly is if you do something wrong you can change it. What technologies tend to do is they tend to make a lot of mistakes... but then we go back and aggressively attack those mistakes - and fix them. And you usually recover pretty quickly."

"We learn more by looking for the answer to a question and not finding it than we do from learning the answer itself."

"Do we believe that the goal of government is to promote equal opportunity for all Americans to make the most of their lives? Or, do we now believe that government's role is to equalize the results of peoples lives?"