"It is a profound truth that in the arithmetic of human affection, the more you give, the more you retain — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"The distance between ambition and reality is bridged solely by consistent effort. In this truth lies the bedrock of all virtue — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"It is a radiant truth that the spark of ambition becomes a blaze of accomplishment only through disciplined persistence."

"It is a radiant truth that a visionary sees the unseen possibilities in the heart of common struggles — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"The only kind of seafood I trust is the fish stick, a totally featureless fish that doesn't have eyeballs or fins."

"At a time when unbridled greed, malignant aggression, and existence of weapons of mass destruction threatens the survival of humanity, we should seriously consider any avenue that offers some hope."

"What I hope is in five years' time, I can go to the British people in the election and say: Lots of you doubted that coalition politics worked, but it has worked."

"I find hope in the darkest of days, and focus in the brightest. I do not judge the universe."