Life is a wheel. The more you give, the more you get back.

What you do for yourself is fleeting and dies with you. What you do for others has unending benefit and is eternal.

Philanthropy is the rent we pay for the joy and privilege we have for our space on this earth.

Few actions of consequence in the world have been accomplished without passion.

It's hard to outdo the Lord in generosity.

When we come into this life, we don't really own anything. And we own nothing when we leave. It is only a lease we have during our lifetime, and it is up to us to make the most of it.

Excellence is never an accident.

Peace begins when expectations end.

The whole banquet is in the first spoonful.

Only you can change yourself, no one else can.

Questions and answers is a big space, and there are lots of possible systems that you can create for different goals.

Something struck me in Africa, in black Africa, where polygamy is legal: the solitary woman is the rule there, from at an extremely young age, and the children are always the mother's responsibility.

The sound of a word is at least as important as the meaning.

The five kinds of grains are considered good plants, but if the grains are not ripe, they are worse than cockles. It is the same with regard to kindness, which must grow into maturity.

This doesn't seem like one of those 'truth will set you free' situations.

It might be bold to put your work into the world unadorned, but it's probably ineffective.

A film star is a kind of public monument, and everyone's staring at them, and they've kind of got railings around them, and they're rather miserable most of the time.