“You seek problems because you need their gifts.”

“Every problem has a gift for you in its hands.”

“Time is a gift, given to you, given to give you the time you need, the time you need to have the time of your life.”

“It’s a rare gift, to know where you need to be, before you’ve been to all the places you don’t need to be.”

“Self-sufficiency is the enemy of salvation. If you are self-sufficient, you have no need of God. If you have no need of God, you do not seek Him. If you do not seek Him, you will not find Him.”

“If you seek Truth, you will not seek to gain a victory by every possible means; and when you have found Truth, you need not fear being defeated.”

“I need you to be clever, Bean. I need you to think of solutions to problems we haven't seen yet. I want you to try things that no one has ever tried because they're absolutely stupid.”

“You need to laugh more. Life is filled with too many problems, to not laugh every day. … We need to have a sense of humor going into this because it's too tough without it.”

“You need diplomacy and not slogans. This is the place for wisdom, the place for seeking windows that will take you to the objective.”

“Knowledge is a great gift, and the thirst to seek it even greater. Use what you know… Head and heart… You are not made to give greater weight to one than the other.”