"It is a quiet truth that courage is not the absence of trembling, but the decision to step forward regardless — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"It is a profound truth that to live with purpose is to leave the world a little gentler than you found it."

"The river of time washes away kings and empires, leaving only virtue intact. This remains the cornerstone of personal mastery."

"It is a radiant truth that creativity is seeing what everyone has seen, but thinking what no one else thought — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"Put two or three men in positions of conflicting authority. This will force them to work at loggerheads, allowing you to be the ultimate arbiter."

"I may be alone in this, but I do sense the power of film, in that movies have the ability to literally change people's minds. That's pretty powerful stuff when you consider that."

"Never underestimate the power of the echo of our deeds ripples through eternity."

"The Jewish festival of freedom is the oldest continuously observed religious ritual in the world. Across the centuries, Passover has never lost its power to inspire the imagination of successive generations of Jews with its annually re-enacted drama of slavery and liberation."