Children need to get a high-quality education, avoid violence and the criminal-justice system, and gain jobs. But they deserve more. We want them to learn not only reading and math but fairness, caring, self-respect, family commitment, and civic duty.

You cannot believe in God until you believe in yourself.

What we really are matters more than what other people think of us.

The word ‘I’ should be a non-entity because it promotes ego.

In Art, man reveals himself and not his objects.

Knowledge is a body of information.

I cannot discover that anyone knows enough to say definitely what is and what is not possible. 

It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles. Then the victory is yours. It cannot be taken from you, not by angels or by demons, heaven or hell.

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.

Money can't buy life.

Religion is a matter of the heart. Not physical inconvenience can warrant abandonment of one's own religion.

I love to travel, but hate to arrive.