A harsh word breaks the heart. A kind word can sooth the savage beast. A word never spoken can bury a burden or save a relationship.

If you cannot see where you are going, ask someone who has been there before.

One thing is undeniably clear. We have all had bad experiences, we have all had tragedies in our lives which help to shape who we are.

Bad habits are like having a sumo wrestler in the back of your canoe rowing the opposite direction.

Embrace the change you desperately need. Tear down your walls and show gratitude for little things.

He who cannot swim should neither chase the dolphins nor play with sharks. For him disaster awaits like sunrise.

The future begins when we tear down the walls that keep us in the past. We must be thankful for those who walked through the pain and helped us to see the way out.

For every terrorist we kill, there’s another boy waiting to step forward and pick up the stone or the gun. They’re like shark’s teeth: break one and another will rise in it’s place.

It's true that I love to connect with my fans on the social networking sites, but I try not to go overboard, ever. I just give people a peek into my mind space, but never bombard them with my tweets.

I think the one lesson I have learned is that there is no substitute for paying attention.

The methods by which a trade union can alone act, are necessarily destructive; its organization is necessarily tyrannical.

I almost got my degree so I don't need rap. And my family is the furthest thing in the world from musical.

Every new thing creates two new questions and two new opportunities.

You cannot change the seasons, but you can change yourself.

Too much thinking, not enough feeling.

I barely can go shopping for clothes. I find it difficult to walk into stores. The whole thing bores me so much.

Countries that innovate first get the new jobs, developing an economic edge over the C-free laggards that end up having to later import the technology.