These were lobbyists—many of them compensated quite handsomely not to react as human beings.

Confidence is the immaterial residue of material actions. Confidence is the public face of competence.

It is one thing to rouse the passion of a people, and quite another to lead them.

Civilizations rise and fall on confidence. America had figured out a way to borrow money to manufacture it.

Rapid change, accommodating it can be one of the great human capacities. But living through it can be the stuff of stress and often suffering.

Younger colleagues tended to draw untested self-confidence from their bonuses and prestigious degrees.

The whole game was about confidence, as it always was. Everything was fine—until it wasn't.

The problems afflicting a nation are always in equal measure spiritual crises.

If the opposite of certainty is doubt, humility must lie somewhere between the two,

If the breadth of perspectives is wide enough to represent the fullest range of views, consensus is unlikely. If consensus is swiftly achieved, it probably means too few voices have been heard.

The Death's Field is the mirror which allows us the knowledge of the world we living in.

Every loving word and action create a far reaching ripple effect - like the waves of the ocean.

The very fact that we now design and manufacture robot companions for the elderly marks a turning point. We ask technology to perform what used to be "love's labor": taking care of each other.

International sport is war without shooting.

I guess when I'm frightened or in pain or maybe very bored I've tried to hold myself together by imposing a narrative order on the experience as it happens.

Some managers are uncomfotable with expressing emotion about their dreams, but it's the passion and emotion that will attract and motivate others.

librarianship is one of the few callings in the world for which is it still possible to feel unqualified admiration and respect.

Study carefully, the character of the one you recommend, lest their misconduct bring you shame.

There's a cardinal rule that you don't talk about sharks. If you don't see it, it's not there.

Success must never be measured by how much money you have.