Our human compassion binds us the one to the other - not in pity or patronizingly, but as human beings who have learnt how to turn our common suffering into hope for the future.

A winner is a dreamer who never gives up

Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.

I never lose. Either I win or learn.

It always seems impossible until it's done.

Lead from the back and let others believe they are in front.

The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

Money won't create success, the freedom to make it will.

Give a child love, laughter and peace, not AIDS.

Only free men can negotiate. A prisoner cannot enter into contracts.

Fools multiply when wise men are silent.

Often what prevents us from seeing beauty in the outside world is the fact that we fail to see beauty in ourselves and other people. Forgiveness is the key that can unlock this door for us.

Have I, have you, been too silent? Is there an easy crime of silence?

If the forces are intense, (..) almost no company earns attractive returns on investment.If the forces are benign, (..) many companies are profitable. P. 25

Avant-garde music is sort of research music. You're glad someone's done it but you don't necessarily want to listen to it.

Gordon Way's astonishment at being suddenly shot dead was nothing compared to his astonishment at what happened next.

If you can't take a small loss, sooner or later you will take the mother of all losses.

If you want to have more, you have to become more.

I believe the universe conspires to give you everything you desire.

Military folk," Neal said with exaggerated patience, shaking his head. "The only way you know to solve problems is by beating them with a stick.

The mightier man, the mightier is the thing That makes him honored or begets him hate; For greatest scandal waits on greatest state.