"Always remember that you are absolutely unique. Just like everyone else."

"It may be necessary temporarily to accept a lesser evil, but one must never label a necessary evil as good."

"I must admit that I personally measure success in terms of the contributions an individual makes to her or his fellow human beings."

"A city is a place where there is no need to wait for next week to get the answer to a question, to taste the food of any country, to find new voices to listen to and familiar ones to listen to again."

"It is a unyielding truth that humility is not weakness in leadership; it is the cornerstone of unassailable respect — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"It is a quiet truth that to know when to speak and when to listen is the hallmark of genuine discernment."

"It is a radiant truth that life is an unwritten ledger; each passing sunrise offers a clean and waiting page — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"To build a legacy, one must accept that the roots of true happiness grow deep in the present moment."