The heads of leading American universities say that if they selected applicants based on grades alone, their student bodies would be 100 percent Asian.

Debt is not intrinsically bad. But I make clear to my children that they should only borrow as much as they will be able to pay back.

Facebook and other social networking sites are bringing together spheres that used to be separate. People no longer have private and public lives; the line between the two is becoming blurred.

It's completely legitimate for a company to continue striving for growth and higher profits. But business activities have to be conducted in a sustainable manner.

The problem with our Blackberry society is that hardly anyone has time anymore to have an unhurried discussion about the long-term developments that will change our lives.

A Facebook message will never be able to replace face-to-face interaction.

Asia has an army of low-wage laborers to thank for its economic boom.

Everything that individuals ever say or write can be used against them at a later point.

Insecurity is the lack of trust in your abilities and worth. When you enter into a secured state of consciousness, everything that helped boost your confidence will return.

Accept yourself for the person you are, for all the mistakes you did and also for the transformation you’re about to experience in the future. Love your future version from this moment.

I never, in any city I've ever been in, never remember the names of streets. The longest place I ever lived in was for five years and I didn't know the name of the next street over.

What is important for a leader is that which makes him a leader. It is the needs of his people.

I am positively against all this crap which is carried on first in the name of this thing, then in the name of that. I believe only in what is active, immediate, and personal.

Writing is finally play, and there's no reason why you should get paid for playing

It is not easy to be solitary unless you are also born ruthless. Every solitary repudiates someone.

I think I was shy as a young woman and realized that photography was an ideal way of expressing myself, of telling people what was going on without having to talk.

Children are born innocent. Before they are domesticated they live in the moment, love without fear, and don't even think about the opinions of others.

Some people really expected he could do that, would do that. They're not expecting [Donald Trump] to target Hillary [Clinton], just to clean out the swamp.