Asking for money is better over coffee than over a computer.

Your life moves to a better place when you move at a sustainable pace

The people you listen to are a preview of the future you.

Who is in your life asking you the tough questions?

Excellence requires us to prepare in advance.

I truly feel that food is a celebration of life. It's the most important, most valuable gift that God gave humans.

Listen more than you talk.

Walk humbly but walk confidently. People want to follow confident, humble leaders.

I hire talented, creative, passionate learners who have a history of turning intention into reality.

Attempt something so great for God that it is doomed to fail unless God is in it, and you're in it as well.

Fundraising requires looking someone eye-to-eye and say, "Will you help me" and don't say another thing. Just listen to them.

Meditation is not to be on the surface of a thing or underneath it or above it, but it is to be in everywhere and to be in nowhere!

I'm learning to deal with my loneliness because then nobody can muck me around any more.

The rose that with you earthly eyes you see, has flowered in God from all eternity.

Now I know why women get their ears pierced. Once they've survived this ordeal of mutilation, they can face the discomforts of childbirth with equanimity.

After I convinced them that I was a harmless novelist, I actually got them to give me a tour of the harem - which is usually off limits for tourists.

The fighter loses more than his pride in the fight; he loses part of his future. He's a step closer to the slum he came from.

I considered becoming a Christian... until I met one.

Before a standing army can rule, the people must be disarmed, as they are in almost every country in Europe.

I define science fiction as the art of the possible. Fantasy is the art of the impossible.

Trust, in its most primitive form, is based on authenticity, not flawlessness.