I know no better way to show true patriotism and love for one's country, than investing to create wealth and employment.

If you begin to think business whether you own it or work for it like you would a well managed sports team you will learn a lot of very interesting lessons

A vision on its own is not enough. Hard work and dedication is required to make that vision a reality.

Integrity is better capital than money. You can accumulate it just like money, and you can use it just like money, but it goes further, and is enduring.

The opportunity is in the problem. The moment I see a problem, I immediately begin to think about the opportunities that can be created by trying to solve it.

Being business minded requires you to always approach things with humility and respect.

If you are working or you are running a business you have to set aside time and money to invest in your continued formal education and skills acquisition.

Whether you're a farmer, builder or engineer, the opportunities are equal: Just add a little innovation.

You can only find opportunities if you are looking for them.

There is more to literacy than 'reading' and 'writing'.

If you are to be an effective nation builder, make it your business, to understand what is really happening in the economy, both nationally and globally.

We see nobody clearly. We see only the ghosts of absent others, and mistake for reality the fictions we construct from blueprints drawn up in early childhood. This is the problem.

In any serious relationship, if you don't gather your partner's opinion before making a decision that impacts you both, you're just storing up trouble for the future.

The tongue ever turns to the aching tooth.

And there is the headlight, shining far down the track, glinting off the steel rails that, like all parallel lines, will meet in infinity, which is after all where this train is going.

I love my own coincidences and love to hear other peoples' stories.

I was writing a chapter of Beautiful Evidence on the subject of the sculptural pedestal, which led to my thinking about what's up on the pedestal - the great leader.

Free will is located in or near the anterior cingulate sulcus.

This entire process of stellar evolution is by natural process alone. We do not have to invoke Divine intervention at any stage in the history of the life-cycle of the stars that we observe.

I'm not single, I'm busy. That's my line.

Scotland is about layering. The weather changes every 10 minutes.