A major criterion for judging the anxiety level of any society is the loss of its capacity to be playful.

Leadership can be thought of as a capacity to define oneself to others in a way that clarifies and expands a vision of the future.

The colossal misunderstanding of our time is the assumption that insight will work with people who are unmotivated to change.

The function of a leader within any institution: to provide that regulation through his or her non-anxious, self-defined presence.

Attitudes are the real figures of speech.

We are not strangers. It’s a lack of trust that keeps us separated.

We carry our childhood with us.

Passion is needed for any great work, and for the revolution, passion and audacity are required in big doses.

Work hard, play hard, dream big, love loads, laugh as much as you can, and give back.

Healing takes courage, and we all have courage, even if we have to dig a little to find it.

For we love liberty just as we love peace.

We don't live in a world of reality, we live in a world of perceptions. No woman can be well dressed unless she is comfortable in what she is wearing.

Give the vote to the people who have no property, and they will sell them to the rich, who will be able to buy them.

At first it upset me to realize how many people are, at heart, selfish. Now I take that in stride, but people's loneliness still gets to me.

Much of the world's work, it has been said, is done by men who do not feel quite well. Marx is a case in point.