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For us to enjoy peace, we need to manage our resources more responsibly, more sustainably, more accountably, more transparently, and we need to share these resources more equitably.

Do not waste it trying to become someone you're not. Use it to become who you are already.

Don't confuse success with excellence. The poet Robert Penn Warren once told me that 'careerism is death.'

Replace cynicism with its old-fashioned antidote, skepticism.

Fear is the most corrosive force in human life. It deforms us and crushes the best in us.

Live your own life, not the life that others expect of you. The only life worth living is one that is truly your own.

Sometimes you have to take calculated risks and roll the dice, or risk growing old and having to say, 'I could have been....'

Don't believe them when they tell you how bad you are and how terrible your ideas are, but also, don't believe them when they start telling you how wonderful you are and how great your ideas are. Just believe in yourself and believe in your work and you'll do just fine.

If you believe in yourself, others will too. And if you have confidence in who you are, there is no end to what you can accomplish.

The only way to do great work is to love what you do.

Do not think you can look away from the injustice, the suffering, or the lack of true freedom that is the lot of so many people in our world today. Your future depends on their future.

To make a difference in this world, you must be involved. By serving a higher calling here or abroad, you'll make your lives richer and build a more hopeful future for our world.