"Tolerance implies no lack of commitment to one's own beliefs. Rather it condemns the oppression or persecution of others."

"It is a quiet truth that true authority is measured not by subjugation, but by the empowerment of others — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"We cannot expect that all nations will adopt like systems, for conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth."

"Nature teaches us a valuable lesson: every failure is just a stepping stone to greatness."

"In modern war... you will die like a dog for no good reason."

"I'm one of these very focused people when it comes to day-to-day work, and I'm trying not to think about what comes next so that I can stay very focused on what I'm doing now."

"Through loyalty to the past, our mind refuses to realize that tomorrow's joy is possible only if today's makes way for it that each wave owes the beauty of its line only to the withdrawal of the preceding one."

"When the shriveled skin of the ordinary is stuffed out with meaning, it satisfies the senses amazingly."