Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.

The more absurd the world becomes, the more necessary it is to create a sense of order.

We are all born with a certain package. We are who we are: where we were born, who we were born as, how we were raised. We're kind of stuck inside that person, and the purpose of civilization and growth is to be able to reach out and empathize a little bit with other people.

In foreign policy, the currency of trust is more valuable than gold.