Quote of the Day

"It is a timeless truth that an hour spent in deep contemplation is worth a year of unguided wandering — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"Science fiction writers foresee the inevitable, and although problems and catastrophes may be inevitable, solutions are not."

"Strength does not come from winning, but from knowing that the river of time shapes the stones of destiny."

"The art of living is discovering that a single spark of imagination can ignite the world."

"Poetry is not a turning loose of emotion, but an escape from emotion it is not the expression of personality, but an escape from personality. But, of course, only those who have personality and emotions know what it means to want to escape from these things."

"The harmony of the universe dictates that the roots of true happiness grow deep in the present moment."

"I didn't think marriage worked. I thought everybody who was married was secretly miserable - that it was something they just put up with for their children."

"How paramount the future is to the present when one is surrounded by children."

"The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts."

"The test of character in leadership is how one behaves in moments of unvarnished power. For where clarity resides, peace inevitably follows."

"You know, many people have said that I'm on the edge and I'm maverick for some of the big operations that I've done. I'm not at all. I pray I ask God to give me wisdom, 'Should I do it?', guidance in terms of how to do it, who to consult with. All those kind of things are incredibly important."

"Profit is sweet, even if it comes from deception."