Let's be honest: the trappings of investment banking are quite tempting. I do miss it sometimes. And to be honest, there was a time I'd read the 'WSJ' in the morning, and for years I have done that.

When you fly high people will throw stones at you. Don't look down. Just fly higher so the stones won't reach you

Be so busy Improving your self that you have no time to criticize others.

Because knowledge is not for showing off. If I do good work, people should notice me.

Work hard, but make time for your love, family and friends. Nobody remembers PowerPoint presentations on your final day

Why should any guy want to be only friends with a girl? It’s like agreeing to be near a chocolate cake and never eat it. It’s like sitting in a racing car but not driving it.

Sometimes life is not about what u want to do but what u ought to do

Pretty girls behave best when you ignore them. Of course, they have to know you are ignoring them, for otherwise they may not even know you exist.

I m human, I m not perfect. Although, I make mistakes all the time.

I think original voices get noticed. But most importantly, I think you should have a story to tell.

The younger generation is surrounded by the Internet, apps, and video games. But somehow, my books make them read.

By bringing a soulful consciousness to gardening sacred space can be created outdoors.

We aim at simplicity and hope for truth.

Dedication to one's work in the world is the only possible sanctifica-tion. Religion in all its forms is dedication to Someone Else's work not yours.

I actually was rebelling as all young adults tend to do at or around the age of 19, to experiment with their lives and have fun.

Any biographer must of necessity become a pilgrim a peripatetic, obsessed literary pilgrim, a traveler with four eyes.

The philistine provides the best definition of art. Anything that makes him rage is first class.

All the drug dealers and gang members with whom I dealt had [a cell phone] long before any police officer I knew did.

I obviously irritate people. I obviously antagonise them.

We must accept life for what it actually is - a challenge to our quality without which we should never know of what stuff we are made, or grow to our full stature.