There's no such thing as perfect writing, just like there's no such thing as perfect despair.

There is no limit to the amount of good you can do if you don't care who gets the credit.

There is only one way... to get anybody to do anything. And that is by making the other person want to do it.

Patriotism is usually stronger than class hatred, and always stronger than internationalism.

My government will be open. Anyone found guilty of corruption will be dealt with in accordance with the law. If you are corrupt you will have to hang your boots.

Airplane travel is nature's way of making you look like your passport photo.

To the young people I say, you are a gift to your communities and indeed the world. You are our hope and our future.

Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.

I can bear any pain as long as it has meaning.

A myth is an image in terms of which we try to make sense of the world.

Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.

All of us have moments in our lives that test our courage. Taking children into a house with a white carpet is one of them.

Radical simply means 'grasping things at the root'.

Words have no power to impress the mind without the exquisite horror of their reality.

Pretty much, Apple and Dell are the only ones in this industry making money. They make it by being Wal-Mart. We make it by innovation.

What do you despise? By this are you truly known.

What is necessary to change a person is to change his awareness of himself.

True valor lies between cowardice and rashness.

Memory... is an internal rumour.

To wear your heart on your sleeve isn't a very good plan; you should wear it inside, where it functions best.

I'll always be poor in my mind.