Belief traps or frees us.

Of course love is never earned. It is a grace we give one another. Anything we need to earn is only approval.

If we fear loss enough, in the end the things we possess will come to possess us.

Facts bring us to knowledge, but stories lead to wisdom.

Most of the things that give life its depth, meaning, and value are impervious to science.

Medicine is as close to love as it is to science, and its relationships matter even at the edge of life itself.

Inner peace is more a question of cultivating perspective, meaning, and wisdom even as life touches you with its pain.

We burn out not because we don't care but because we don't grieve. We burn out because we have allowed our hearts to become so filled with loss that we have no room left to care.

You know what would be fun? Nobody wants to play Guitar Hero. But you can play the Beatles! You loved the Beatles!

Despatch is the soul of business.

One of the marks of an educated man today is to know what not to read--what not to see or what not to listen to.

There are more social skills required to talk one-on-one [than to an audience]. You don't have to be socially fluid to talk to two thousand people.

If a man says, "I'll call you," and he doesn't, he didn't forget. . . . he didn't lose your number. . . . he didn't die. He just didn't want to call you.

Let's forgive the past and who we were then. Let's embrace the present and who we're capable of becoming. Let's surrender the future and watch miracles unfold.

The only parts I like out of any of those women books is the dirty parts. But I don't think their dirty parts are any good, really.

President Obama has got the most moderate temperament.

We get a feeling, if we can, about what we think the company is worth.