“The whole game was about confidence, as it always was. Everything was fineuntil it wasn't.”

“Confidence is the immaterial residue of material actions. Confidence is the public face of competence.”

“Summers was simply a master explainer, able to deftly boil down the complexities of economic and financial, and to put them in terms the non-expert could understand. He was brilliant at cultivating...”

“The problems afflicting a nation are always in equal measure spiritual crises.”

“Rapid change, accommodating it can be one of the great human capacities. But living through it can be the stuff of stress and often suffering.”

“If the opposite of certainty is doubt, humility must lie somewhere between the two,”

“When the world shifts its focus on heart over mind, we will finally experience a beautiful global village for our children.”

“Women scheme when they are weak, they lie out of fear. Men scheme when they are strong, they lie out of arrogance.”

“Sometimes it's not always straightforward, but it's not always confusing either. You just have to respect a person's decisions without disrespecting them.”

“To the immature, other people are not real.”

“Continuously feeling superior is a characteristic of immaturity.”

“Self appreciation is a sign of maturity, seeking appreciation is a sign of immaturity”

“And though you think the world is at your feet, it can rise up and tread on you.”

“But the character of the music emphasized the tale as allegory--humorous, poignant, humane allegory--disclosing the metamorphosis of life itself, in which man moves from confident inexperience thro...”

“To sneer at his imperfect attempt was very bad breeding.”