“I think, tribalism is a mental prison…and pride of identity coupled with arrogance is one of the leading factors that limit one’s ability to abandon it.”

“Close some doors. Not because of pride, incapacity or arrogance, but simply because they no longer lead somewhere.”

“To define knowledge as merely empirical is to limit one's ability to know; it enfeebles one's ability to feel and think.”

“When power leads man toward arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations.”

“No. But then the American Government--whatever branch--has never really grasped the concept of tribal identity.”

“The relationship between any two communities in the global economy is not unlike a marriage. As couples counselors advise, relationships falter when two partners are too interdependent. When any stress affecting one partner - the loss of a job, an illness, a bad-hair day - brings down the other, the couple suffers. A much healthier relationship is grounded in the relative strength of each partner, who each should have his or her own interests, hobbies, friends, and professional identity, so that when anything goes wrong, the couple can support one another from a position of strength. Our ability to love, like our ability to produce, must be grounded in our own security. And our economy, like our love, when it comes from a place of community, can grow without limit.”