If you have methods without principles, you're going to have trouble. But if you develop methods based on principles, then you can make progress.

Embrace change. Envision what could be, challenge the status quo, and drive creative destruction.

I believe my business and non-profit investments are much more beneficial to societal well-being than sending more money to Washington.

A truly free society is based on a vision of respect for people and what they value.

Success is one of the worst enemies of success, because success tends to breed complacency and lack of humility.

To do meaningful work is to contribute - to create value in society.

We must measure what leads to results, not simply what is easy to measure.

When everyone gets something for nothing, soon no one will have anything, because no one will be producing anything.

The only way you improve is to try new things.

If you never failed, then you're probably not doing very much.

A classical liberal is someone who wants a society that maximizes peace, civility, tolerance, and well-being for everyone. One that opens opportunities for everyone to advance themselves.

I want to be born and reborn as a cherry tree so that I may beautify this world with my blossoms, feed everyone with my nectar of love fruits, and purify the air with my calmly dancing leaves.

There is as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing a poem.

Prayer does not change the purpose of God. But prayer does change the action of God.

The sterilization of men is one method of birth control. The surest, most radical method. To you it seems dreadful. To me it seems that, properly applied, it's by no means dreadful.

Instead of an elegant warning, you need to bring a strong deal. That's the only way you'll gain what you want.

It must infuriate our children to see us always so much more forbearing with everybody else's.

Mick Jagger, the greatest of all front men I've ever met in my life.

If you want to work consistently, you have to be a team player.

You can only acquire it successfully if you cease to feel any sense of shame.

See the long view: By all means "plant the corn, milk the cows, and feed the horses" but always keep the eventual "harvest" in mind.