Economic history is the most fundamental branch of history; not the most important. Foundations exist to carry better things.

Economic advance is not the same thing as human progress.

It's the easiest thing in the world for a man to deceive himself.

Most of our decisions are driven by either love or fear. Figure out who's doing the talking, then decide what you'll do.

People who think achieving success is a linear A-to-Z process, a straight shot to the top, simply aren't in touch with reality.

I really appreciate family. I really can't imagine life without them!

Color is not a human or a personal reality; it is a political reality.

Not to be alone - ever - is one of my ideas of hell, and a day when I have had no solitude at all in which 'to catch up with myself' I find mentally, physically and spiritually exhausting.

I was never a man of great ambition I cried too easily I didn't have a head for science Words often failed me While others prayed I only moved my lips

The man who pardons easily courts injury.

Certain laws have not been written, but they are more fixed than all the written laws.

I never used to drink water. I am drinking six liters of water every day now. That's the key.