"An idea meritocracy is a system that brings together smart people and smart concepts."

"Everyone thinks forgiveness is a lovely idea until he has something to forgive."

"Men at some time are masters of their fates."

"Every man is a creature of the age in which he lives and few are able to raise themselves above the ideas of the time."

"Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never grow. Every job is a self portrait of the person who did it. Autograph your work with excellence."

"We have no idea what someone is going through. So be kind."