If the final chapter of your life story is written by love, you are guaranteed a happy ending.

A genuine smile is one of the world’s rarest treasures.

A fish that is afraid of drowning in a river is ignorant of its gifts.

A diamond earns its sparkle from the pressure it endures.

It is in the storm, not the calm, that a rainbow is born.

A determined seed cannot be hidden from the world, not even by dirt.

Calm skies don't make skillful eagles.

If you cry in the rain, only the sky will see your tears.

Birds keep singing beautiful songs, even if they have no audience.

Today's storms help you appreciate tomorrow’s sunshine.

Train the ears to hear more, the eyes to see more, the hands to do more, the feet to accomplish more, the mind to think more, the heart to feel more, and the soul to love more.

Are you satisfied with you? Great! Are not you? Let's start in the mirror...

...a more open and honest appraisal of the true nature of Silicon Valley and its opportunities as well as the many problems.

The best thing Jay-Z ever taught me was patience.

The effect of music is so very much more powerful and penetrating than is that of the other arts, for these others speak only of the shadow, but music of the essence.

The richest gifts we can bestow are the least marketable. We hate the kindness which we understand.

Dropkick Murphys get me going, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Nirvana... plus, all the regular hip-hop stuff.

Never treat anything you do as a stepping stone. Do it fully, and follow it completely.

But I'm only a cockeyed optimist.

Religion is the peculiarity of the growth of the Indian mind.

Earning an education is not the same as gaining a skill set.