I don't see (subprime mortgage market troubles) imposing a serious problem. I think it's going to be largely contained.

I'm a straightforward person. I like to be direct with people.

It's a safe banking system, a sound banking system. Our regulators are on top of it. This is a very manageable situation.

Our overriding goal in restructuring our financial architecture should be that taxpayers never again have to save a failing financial institution.

There's always light at the end of the tunnel, right? It just depends on how long the tunnel is.

I never once considered that it was appropriate to put taxpayer money on the line in resolving Lehman Brothers.

In just about every area of society, there's nothing more important than ethics.

Economic growth and environmental protection are not at odds. They're opposite sides of the same coin if you're looking at longer-term prosperity.

Every global concern - economic, environmental or security-related - can be addressed more effectively when the U.S. and China work together.

Regulation needs to catch up with innovation.

When you have a big, ugly problem, there's never going to be a neat, elegant solution that is totally painless or without a cost.

When starting any business the first thing you must do is Learn before you can Earn. The "L" always come first

Beautify your inner dialogue. Beautify your inner world with love light and compassion. Life will be beautiful.

Truly it is the hardest of all trials to see souls so dear in pains we cannot remedy.

People have been bred to hate for generations -- eons, maybe. Some fundamental urge. Something implicit in the human condition.

It would be desirable if every government when it comes to power should have its old speeches burnt.

You have to be able to fail with the improv. You have to not care.

Whatever you're thinking about is literally like planning a future event. When you're worrying, you are planning. When you are appreciating, you are planning...What are you planning?

Any general statement is like a check drawn on a bank. Its value depends on what is there to meet it.

You really don't want a job. What you want is access to those things you'd like to have.

I owe 90 per cent of my life to people because I am a public figure, but 10 per cent is private to me. And I am not saying it in a defensive way. I feel my life has been made into a TV serial.