"When I had made more money than I needed for myself and my family, I set up a foundation to promote the values and principles of a free and open society"

"Prestige is the shadow of money and power"

"A bank is a place that will lend you money if you can prove that you don't need it"

"Software is like sex: it's better when it's free"

"A society that has more justice is a society that needs less charity"

"You can't get rid of poverty by giving people money"

"Economy does not lie in sparing money, but in spending it wisely"

"Given the choice, children who don't want for anything will not save... We have an obligation as parents to give our children what they need. What they want we can give them as a special gift, or they can save their money for it"

"All that is valuable in human society depends upon the opportunity for development accorded the individual"

"Having soon discovered to be great, I must appear so, and therefore studiously avoided mixing in society, and wrapped myself in mystery, devoting my time to fasting and prayer"

"Some books leave us free and some books make us free"