My philanthropy is no relation to anybody else's. None. My philanthropy and what we do at the foundation speaks for itself and has no relation to anyone's.

Success is falling nine times and getting up ten.

Don't get too comfortable with who you are at any given time - you may miss the opportunity to become who you want to be.

Believe in love. Believe in magic. Hell, believe in Santa Clause. Believe in others. Believe in yourself. Believe in your dreams. If you don't, who will?

As for his secret to staying married: "My wife tells me that if I ever decide to leave, she is coming with me."

We all need to be blind sometimes in order to see.

Miracles happen everyday, change your perception of what a miracle is and you'll see them all around you.

Map out your future - but do it in pencil. The road ahead is as long as you make it. Make it worth the trip.

It's easy to say, 'I love you,' to someone, but it's more meaningful to thank someone for loving you.

Just because someone has fancy sneakers doesn't mean they can run faster.

Nothing is as important as passion. No matter what you want to do with your life, be passionate.

I plant a lot of trees. I am a great believer in planting things for future generations. I loathe the now culture where you just live for today.

Never get married in the morning - you never know who you might meet that night.

I am fascinated by Spinoza's pantheism, but admire even more his contributions to modern thought because he is the first philosopher to deal with the soul and the body as one, not two separate things

I was in fact pretty much - by the larger culture, by the local culture, by people around me, by people on TV - encouraged to imagine women as something slightly inferior to men.

It’s your fault. I was defending you!” I blurted. He paused. “In protecting my honor, you exposed months of work. I should be flattered?

But the internet had changed everything: nobody was forgotten anymore.

The Dutch practice euthanasia so briskly that they will kill themselves even before the Islamists get around to it.

The life of the mind is always more interesting than the real. The idea is often more interesting than the actual.

Eyes on the forest, not on the trees.

By two wings a man is lifted up from things earthly: by simplicity and purity.