An idea, like a ghost, must be spoken to a little before it will explain itself.

When you're young, you look at television and think, there's a conspiracy. The networks have conspired to dumb us down. But when you get a little older, you realize that's not true. The networks are in business to give people exactly what they want.

I didn't see it then, but it turned out that getting fired from Apple was the best thing that could have ever happened to me. The heaviness of being successful was replaced by the lightness of being a beginner again, less sure about everything. It freed me to enter one of the most creative periods of my life.

I dream of an Africa which is in peace with itself.

There is no passion to be found playing small - in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.

An economically peaceful and prosperous Sri Lanka is the dream of youth of the nation. My message for the youth is to collectively work for an inclusive developed Sri Lanka.

No one loves the man whom he fears.

If you shut the door to all errors, truth will be shut out.

Some animals are cunning and evil-disposed, as the fox; others, as the dog, are fierce, friendly, and fawning. Some are gentle and easily tamed, as the elephant; some are susceptible of shame, and watchful, as the goose. Some are jealous and fond of ornament, as the peacock.

The pursuit of truth and beauty is a sphere of activity in which we are permitted to remain children all our lives.

Listen to the voice that is calling to the heart by the voice of my mind.

This is no time for ease and comfort. It is time to dare and endure.