If we are genuinely committed to promoting a culture of peace, as individuals we must look to our values and ensure that we all exhibit a peace loving life to our nation's children.

The quest for peace begins in the home, in the school and in the workplace.

We in the west are seen as godless, as greedy and as uncaring about the suffering of those in the developing world.

We often plough so much energy into the big picture, we forget the pixels.

The domination of western values, beliefs and way of life has angered many from the east and in developing countries.

There is no glory in war, yet from the blackness of its history, there emerge vivid colours of human character and courage. Those who risked their lives to help their friends.

Those who kept their sanity and humanity intact in the face of awful adversity. Heroes named and unnamed, some known only to God.

The rights of the individual are greatly prized in the developed world, but in many other regions they are considered a luxury reserved for the impossibly wealthy.

We can survive as a population only if we conserve, develop sustainably, and protect the world's resources.

People will believe a big lie sooner than a little one, and if you repeat it frequently enough, people will sooner or later believe it.

The Pilgrims didn't have any experience when they landed here. Hell if experience was that important we'd never have anybody walking on the moon.

Taste is the fundamental quality which sums up all the other qualities. It is the nec plus ultra of the intelligence. Through this alone is genius the supreme health and balance of all the faculties.

You either die a hero or live long enough to become the villain.

Well I am afraid that I am going to die, because I have just put a down payment on a house.

[ Cyber hacking] that's probably the only thing that we've learned from Hillary Clinton.

I don't believe in sharing my money. If I go out and work my nuts off and make some money, I don't feel that I should have to share it with my community.

Challenging power structures from the inside, working the cracks within the system, however, requires learning to speak multiple languages of power convincingly.

Finding the meaning of life is easy. Simply get a dictionary, go to the 'L' section, and find the word 'life.'

No problem is too small or too trivial if we can really do something about it.