“The only thing you can change about the past is how you feel about it in the present.”

“You're always you, and that don't change, and you're always changing, and there's nothing you can do about it.”

“How would you feel about life if Death was your older sister?”

“I think if you decide that any book is about Only One Thing you're probably wrong. Even if that thing is in there.”

“When you visit countries that don't nurture these kinds of ambitions, you can feel th absence of hope...people are reduced to worrying only about that day's shelter or the next day's meal. It's a shame, even a tragedy, how many people do not get to think about the future. Technology coupled with wise leadership not only solves these problems but enables dreams of tomorow.”

“The view changes from where you are standing.Words can wound, and wounds can heal.All of these things are true.”

“One of the things I'd learned ... was how to take a compliment. Just say, "Thank you." It's the only response a confident person can make.”