Dedicated researchers seek better treatments and cures for diabetes, kidney disease, Alzheimer's and every form of cancer. But these scientists face an array of disincentives. We can do better.

My experience indicates that most people who've accumulated a great deal of wealth haven't had that as their goal at all. Wealth is only a by-product, not the original motivation.

The past is always triple-A. We can all remember what the past was. But if we try to make the future triple-A, we have no future. The future is always single-B.

The future of our country is not found in our boardrooms, but in our classrooms.

In financing growing companies, we always looked for human value that didn't appear on the balance sheet.

I decided to shift my energy and concentration into changing my lifestyle and diet and taking charge of my own illness.

The rest of the world is growing so quickly, they'll be looking for anything to buy.

For those of us who have lost loved ones in their prime - as I did when my father and other relatives succumbed - even one of those years would have been a precious gift.

So many of my family and friends had lost their battles against cancer. What could I do that my relatives and friends had not? What could I do that would be different?

Our mothers were largely silent about what happened to them as they passed through this midlife change. But a new generation of women has already started to break the wall of silence.

A foreign correspondent, after talking to me for a while, once said: "You don't seem smart enough to be so good at what you're doing. Do you have an explanation?"

The best thing about me is there are no skeletons.

EVERYTHING that happens in the universe starts with an INTENTION

In the beginning there was faith - which is childish; trust - which is vain; and illusion - which is dangerous.

As you travel though life, offer good wishes to each being you meet.

Atticus, he was real nice." "Most people are, Scout, when you finally see them.

It is not enough to just ride this earth. You have to aim higher, try to take off, even fly. It is our duty.

Yes, of course we were pretentious -- what else is youth for?

Of all the weapons in the world, love is the most dangerous.