All values are important, everyone who has ever touched my life in some way was a mentor for good or bad. Life is a blend, and a person is a blend of all the influences that have touched their lives.

There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.

Pissing people off doesn't mean you're doing the right things, but doing the right things will almost inevitably piss people off.

A dream doesn't become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work.

None of us can change our yesterdays but all of us can change our tomorrows.

If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in little matters. Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude.

Effective leaders are made, not born. They learn from trial and error, and from experience.

The most important thing I learned is that soldiers watch what their leaders do. You can give them classes and lecture them forever, but it is your personal example they will follow.

Respect for leaders by followers can't be mandated; it must be earned. It has to be given to leaders by their followers.

Get mad, then get over it.

Being responsible sometimes means pissing people off.

God’s goal is to establish His righteousness on this earth

Oneness with God is not a dream, it is the only reality. Everything else is an illusion.

Humor is the affectionate communication of insight.

As you get older, you develop your style. For me, the simpler, the better.

Love and compassion benefit both ourselves and others. Through kindness to others, your heart and mind will be peaceful and open.

Surplus-value and the rate of surplus-value are... the invisible essence to be investigated, whereas the rate of profit and hence the form of surplus-value as profit are visible surface phenomena

Scar Tissue is the only book Ive ever written when Ive felt completely toxic, ill.

If you're watching cable news, you are going to get a distorted picture.

Whenever I can afford to do something, I do it.