“Life is not fair — get used to it!”

I would counsel people to go to college, because it's one of the best times in your life in terms of who you meet and develop a broad set of intellectual skills.

I think it makes sense to believe in God, but exactly what decision in your life you make differently because of it, I don't know.

Well-spent aid money is saving lives for a few thousand dollars per life saved.

If African farmers can use improved seeds and better practices to grow more crops and get them to market, then millions of families can earn themselves a better living and a better life.

According to Ethiopian custom, parents wait to name a baby because children often die in the first weeks of life.

Intellectual property has the shelf life of a banana.

I actually thought that it would be a little confusing during the same period of your life to be in one meeting when you're trying to make money, and then go to another meeting where you're giving it away. I mean is it gonna erode your ability, you know, to make money? Are you gonna somehow get confused about what you're trying to do?

The advance of technology is based on making it fit in so that you don't really even notice it, so it's part of everyday life.

We should all grow our own food and do our own waste processing, we really should.

You have not lived today until you have done something for someone who can never repay you.

Our whole life is solving puzzles.

It’s pain that changes our lives.

Life is short and progress is slow.

Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.

Life is very interesting. In the end, some of your greatest pains become your greatest strengths.

Rock bottom became the solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life.

My life is perfect even when it’s not.

Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.