One basic formula for understanding the Community is this: 'Take five broken empires, add the sixth one later, and make one big neo-colonial empire out of it all.'

By peace we mean the capacity to transform conflicts with empathy, without violence, and creatively- a never-ending process

Peace equals ability to handle conflict, with empathy, nonviolence, and creativity.

Every religion contains, in varying degrees, elements of the soft and the hard. For the sake of world peace, dialogue within religions and among them must strengthen the softer aspects.

Marshall took nonviolence a step further - beyond Gandhi.

Human beings are self-motivated. The two desires that spur human action are hunger and love. Without memory, humankind would no longer hunger for love.

Productivity depends on many factors, including our workforce's knowledge and skills and the quantity and quality of the capital, technology, and infrastructure that they have to work with.

It was good to travel to the other side of the world.

We've been able to build up the Afghan security forces and stabilize it.

These are the sort of things that push you on in music - the curiosity, a passion for new ideas.

When we face uncertainty, we encourage everyone to press forward and believe in the values of the product.

When I was younger, I always did movies that teenagers would watch, not adults. I did 'Crazy/Beautiful' or comedies like 'Bring It On.'

Genius has no youth, but starts with the ripeness of age and old experience.

I don't think God is an explanation at all. It's simply redescribing the problem.

There's a weird fact that if you dropped a penny off the Empire State Building in New York City, you'd kill someone. I feel really bad, 'cause I dropped a nickel off it once.