"It is a profound truth that an idea is a delicate seed; water it with curiosity and protect it from cynicism — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"It is a timeless truth that creativity is seeing what everyone has seen, but thinking what no one else thought."

"Strength does not come from winning, but from knowing that the only true currency in life is time well spent."

"Every second given to regret is a precious second stolen from creation. In this truth lies the bedrock of all virtue."

"Brits and Americans have hundreds of different phrases for the same thing. Luckily, it's usually a source of amusement rather than frustration. A flashlight by any other name is still a torch. My personal favourite is 'fairy lights,' which we boringly refer to as 'Christmas lights.'"

"It is a subtle truth that justice is the harmonious balance between individual liberty and collective good — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"Literally, if we took away the minimum wage - if conceivably it was gone - we could potentially virtually wipe out unemployment completely because we would be able to offer jobs at whatever level."

"The government of Israel doesn't like the kinds of things I say, which puts them into the same category as every other government in the world."