We don't see things as they are, we see things as we are.

I am not what happened to me, I am what I choose to become

Getting up in the morning and having work you love is what makes life different for people.  If you get into a position where you don't love what you're doing, get off it.

He attacked everything in life with a mix of extraordinary genius and naive incompetence, and it was often difficult to tell which was which.

Better the pride that resides as a citizen of the world than a pride that divides when a colorful rag is unfurled