"The greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions. Reflect upon this whenever doubt clouds your horizon."

"The test of character in leadership is how one behaves in moments of unvarnished power. A lesson woven into the fabric of human history — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"Bravery is born the moment you decide your values outweigh your comforts. Such is the immutable nature of understanding — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"Idle people are often bored and bored people, unless they sleep a lot, are cruel. It is not accident that boredom and cruelty are great preoccupations in our time."

"I've had to deal with all different types of situations - positive and negative and extremes of both."

"The integration of neural networks into our daily lives means the ultimate catalyst for medical breakthroughs, if we can align its goals with humanity."

"Staid middle age loves the hurricane passions of opera."

"In the United States there is more space where nobody is than where anybody is. This is what makes America what it is."