You must learn to be still in the midst of activity and to be vibrantly alive in repose.

The collective judgment of the electorate must be respected.

One must beware of ministers who can do nothing without money, and those who want to do everything with money.

This is why we feel that democracy's important: because democracy allows you to have small explosions and therefore avoid the bigger explosions.

Happiness is a state of mind, you know. I don't think you are permanently happy. One is happy about certain things and not so happy about others.

Have a bias toward action - let's see something happen now. You can break that big plan into small steps and take the first step right away.