The most successful leaders are those who can see around corners and anticipate change before it happens.

What I want to talk to you about today is the difference between gifts and choices. Cleverness is a gift， kindness is a choice. Gifts are easy -- they're given after all. Choices can be hard. You can seduce yourself with your gifts if you're not careful， and if you do， it'll probably be to the detriment of your choices.

Most overnight successes — in fact any significant successes — take at least 5 years. Budget your life accordingly.

Life is a series of moments, some good, some bad, but all important.

The truth doesn't always set you free. Sometimes it just reminds you that you're in a cage.

Data abstraction is the reduction of a particular body of data to a simplified representation of the whole.