What I remember above all about Harvard was being in the midst of so much energy and intelligence. It could be exhilarating, intimidating, sometimes even discouraging, but always challenging. It was an amazing privilege…and though I left early, I was transformed by my years at Harvard, the friendships I made, and the ideas I worked on.

Thinking consists in envisaging, realizing structural features and structural requirements.

The secret of being miserable is to have leisure to bother about whether you are happy or not.

The law isn't justice. It's a very imperfect mechanism. If you press exactly the right buttons and are also lucky, justice may show up in the answer.

Resilience isn’t about avoiding failure—it’s about learning how to rise every time you fall.