“So, for instance, let me make this clear: You know I signed a statement. I will not raise taxes on anybody. I don’t want to raise taxes on the American people.”

I will fight for oil, coal and natural gas.

I think people recognize that I’m not a partisan Republican that I’m someone who is moderate, and that my views are progressive.

We can believe as we want, but we should not force our beliefs on others.

I have never once regretted missing a business opportunity so that I could be with my children and grandchildren.

The American culture promotes personal responsibility, the dignity of work, the value of education, the merit of service, devotion to a purpose greater than self, and at the foundation, the pre-eminence of family.

It’s not worth moving heaven and earth, spending billions of dollars just trying to catch one person.

Instead of leading the world by how much we borrow, it’s time that we make sure we lead the world in how much we build and create and invest.

The promise of America has always been that if you worked hard, had the right values, took some risks, that there was an opportunity to build a better life for your family and for your next generation.

Isn’t it fitting that so many of those who have contempt for the private sector will soon find themselves back in it?

Free enterprise has done more to lift people out of poverty, to help build a strong middle class, to help educate our kids, and to make our lives better than all the programs of government combined.

I am running for president to help create a better future. A future where everyone who wants a job can find one. Where no senior fears for the security of their retirement. An America where every parent knows that their child will get an education that leads them to a good job and a bright horizon.

Mr. President, you were elected to lead. You chose to follow. And now it’s time for you to get out of the way.

I see an America where poverty is defeated by opportunity, not enabled by a government check.

America cannot continue to lead the family of nations around the world if we suffer the collapse of the family here at home.

I believe in an America where millions of Americans believe in an America that’s the America millions of Americans believe in. That’s the America I love.

I’m not familiar precisely with what I said, but I’ll stand by what I said, whatever it was.

Love the person, but give the person total freedom. Love the person, but from the very beginning make it clear that you are not selling your freedom.

The more clearly you understand yourself and your emotions, the more you become a lover of what is.

No discussion between two persons can be of any use, until each knows clearly what it is that the other asserts.

Minimalism is clearing your mind of attachments and focusing on what matters most.

Having knowledge but lacking the power to express it clearly is no better than never having any ideas at all.

When everything is uncertain, everything that’s important becomes clear.

Some seasons you see growth, other clear space for it.

Emotion, which is suffering, ceases to be suffering as soon as we form a clear and precise picture of it.