You don't hear things that are bad about your company unless you ask. It is easy to hear good tidings, but you have to scratch to get the bad news. 

Never let your ego get so close to your position that when your position goes, your ego go with it.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

I totally disagree with the view that the Tibet struggle will die, and there will be no hope for Tibet, after the Dalai Lama passed away.

How you respond to a given situation makes all the difference between success and failure.

Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.

Microsoft has had two goals in the last 10 years. One was to copy the Mac, and the other was to copy Lotus' success in the spreadsheet - basically, the applications business. And over the course of the last 10 years, Microsoft accomplished both of those goals. And now they are completely lost.

Well begun is half done.

Our life of poverty is as necessary as the work itself. Only in heaven will we see how much we owe to the poor for helping us to love God better because of them.

My best friend is the one who brings out the best in me. 

If you stand up and be counted, from time to time you may get yourself knocked down. But remember this: A man flattened by an opponent can get up again. A man flattened by conformity stays down for good. 

Great teachers emanate out of knowledge, passion and compassion.