"Literature transmits incontrovertible condensed experience... from generation to generation. In this way literature becomes the living memory of a nation."

"Our government declared that it is conducting some kind of great reforms. In reality, no real reforms were begun and no one at any point has declared a coherent programme."

"Own only what you can always carry with you: know languages, know countries, know people. Let your memory be your travel bag."

"Of course God is endlessly multi-dimensional so every religion that exists on earth represents some face, some side of God."

"Wisdom principle 50 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 17."

"One of the tests of leadership is the ability to recognize a problem before it becomes an emergency."

"It's much easier for me to make major life, multi-million dollar decisions, than it is to decide on a carpet for my front porch. That's the truth."

"I think people like to think I'm in some way financially dependent on my family - on my dad - but the fact of the matter is I've been emancipated from my father since I was 14 years old. That's something people don't know or understand."