Profit is proof that the capitalist has given something to society that it cherishes more than the material wealth it has given to the businessman.

Capitalism has given people both the liberty and the incentive to create, produce, and trade, thereby generating prosperity.

The uneven distribution of wealth in the world is due to the uneven distribution of capitalism.

Poverty is not just a material problem. Poverty is something wider: it is about powerlessness, about being deprived of basic opportunities and freedom of choice.

Any allegation of runaway capitalism has to be tempered by the observation that today we have the largest public sectors and the highest taxes the world has ever known.

Who knows what crumbling infrastructure lies beneath our sleeping children? Actually, many people do - they pay surveyors to take a look.

Poetry is my politics. It's an opportunity that gives me a way to speak.

One person can keep a secret, but not two.

Only good people feel guilt.

In business, we say that people overestimate what you can do in a year and underestimate what you can do in a decade. This is true in philanthropy as well.

Other women who flew were women of independent means. But I had to do something with it.

The sick do not ask if the hand that smoothes their pillow is pure, nor the dying care if the lips that touch their brow have known the kiss of sin.

I believe our concept of romantic love is irrational, impossible to fulfill and the cause of many broken homes. No human being can maintain that rarefied atmosphere of 'true love'.

Every child can remember laying his head in the grass, staring into the infinitesimal forest and seeing it grow populous with fairy armies.

The moment an inspiring thought enters your heart, appreciate it as a dear guest visiting you that day.