A methodology's weight is a product of its size and ceremony.

Agility is the ability to adapt and respond to change … agile organizations view change as an opportunity, not a threat.

The best way to get a project done faster is to start sooner

Peel back the facade of rigorous methodology projects and ask why the project was successful, and the answer is people.

The greatest risk we face in software development is that of overestimating our own knowledge.

Documentation is not understanding, process is not discipline, formality is not skill.

If you find that your organization can't make the hard decisions that Scrum demands, then high-risk, uncertain projects have very little probability of success in your organization.

Process is not a substitute for skill.

Simple rules guide innovative, intelligent responses. Comprehensive rules guide rote, routine responses.

If you have unskilled people who work poorly together, no amount of process will save your projects.

Agile Project Management focuses on selecting the right skills for project team members and molding them into productive teams.

Give yourself permission to dream, to choose, to decide.

I’m more than this kinesthetic intelligence of us trapped in this great chain of being that belongs to all of us.

Happiness is nothing but a blissful feeling that can only be activated when positive thoughts and beliefs are constantly dwelling in one's mind.

The difference between you and me is that I always forgive you.

I was convinced that I would be, that I was already, one in a million.

Chronologically she is twelve but emotionally she is older, and intellectually older still.

All love is socioeconomic. It’s the gradients in status that make arousal possible.

My mission is to let black kids know that their dreams can happen.

With the whole Mark of Cain thing, does that mean if I accidentally kick you during the night, I get kicked in the shins seven times by an invisible force?

Getting staked had been a hard lesson in choosing one's friends wisely.