There is a loftier ambition than merely to stand high in the world. It is to stoop down and lift mankind a little higher.

Look around for a place to sow a few seeds.

Many a treasure besides Ali Baba's is unlocked with a verbal key.

Love is the best thing in the world, and the thing that lives the longest.

Living with very limited expectations is a much more immediate way of living. You really do just make the best of everything you have. I guess kids have that ability; they wait in joyful anticipation of something rather than that sense of entitlement.

I sometimes say I am a 'happiness optimist' but a 'revenue pessimist.'

Becoming a father increases your capacity for love and your level of patience. It opens up another door in a person - a door which you may not even have known was there. That's what I feel with my son. There's suddenly another level of love that expands. My son is my greatest joy, out of everything in my life.

One way to express choice is through the market. Well-functioning markets provide choices and, ultimately, the ability to express one's pursuit for happiness.