This new meta-system is very much in favor of the self, but a self that is based on a proper sense of dignity, not on an inflated ego. A person who dare not admit he is wrong inflates his ego but weakens his self.

Creativity gives hope that there can be a worthwhile idea.

The need to be right all the time is the biggest bar to new ideas.

Sometimes the situation is only a problem because it is looked at in a certain way. Looked at in another way, the right course of action may be so obvious that the problem no longer exists.

If you do not design the future, someone or something else will design it for you.

On trade, our hypocrisy is at its most appalling. Trade reform isn't about charity, it's about justice, and this campaign, Trade Justice is an unstoppable idea.

The music that really turns me on is either running toward God or away from God. Both recognize the pivot, that God is at the center of the jaunt.