If somebody is doing more and more to make other people's lives better, have them make all they can, if that's what drives them, because that's what we want.

Embrace change. Envision what could be, challenge the status quo, and drive creative destruction.

I believe my business and non-profit investments are much more beneficial to societal well-being than sending more money to Washington.

A truly free society is based on a vision of respect for people and what they value.

Success is one of the worst enemies of success, because success tends to breed complacency and lack of humility.

To do meaningful work is to contribute - to create value in society.

We must measure what leads to results, not simply what is easy to measure.

When everyone gets something for nothing, soon no one will have anything, because no one will be producing anything.

The only way you improve is to try new things.

If you never failed, then you're probably not doing very much.

A classical liberal is someone who wants a society that maximizes peace, civility, tolerance, and well-being for everyone. One that opens opportunities for everyone to advance themselves.

Show me a man with a tattoo and I'll show you a man with an interesting past.

Painting is a lie. It's the most magic of all media, the most transcendent. It makes space where there is no space.

Rich people will travel great distances to look at poor people.

Too much of anything is the beginning of a mess.

Pass us by, and forgive us our happiness

Set religion free, and a new humanity will begin.

What kind of truth is this which is true on one side of a mountain and false on the other?

To create a public scandal is what's wicked; to sin in private is not a sin.

Attention! Attention! Attention! Thou art aware of the situation!

Perhaps love is a compelling necessity imposed on man by God that has something to do with suffering