Courage in monetary policy is not the absence of fear but the judgment that something else is more important than fear.

We are all alone, born alone, die alone, and—in spite of True Romance magazines—we shall all someday look back on our lives and see that, in spite of our company, we were alone the whole way.

When we love, we always strive to become better than we are. When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too.