Constantly probe the people who report to you, and encourage them to probe you.

More than anything else, what differentiates people who live up to their potential from those who don't is a willingness to look at themselves and others objectively

Be wary of the arrogant intellectual who comments from the stands without having played on the field.

Nature gave us pain as a messaging device to tell us that we are approaching, or that we have exceeded, our limits in some way.

There is nothing to fear from truth....Being truthful is essential to being an independent thinker and obtaining greater understanding of what is right.

To be successful, we need everyone to think independently and work through disagreement to decide what's best.

Meditation more than anything in my life was the biggest ingredient of whatever success I've had.

Principles are what allow you to live a life consistent with those values. Principles connect your values to your actions.

If you don't own Gold, you know neither history nor economics.

The more you think you know, the more closed-minded you'll be.

To make money in the markets, you have to think independently and be humble.

I hear them say "Why do I miss someone I haven't even met?"How about not missing someone because it feels like they've been with you all along?

Have the vision to create something wonderful, something that has true value forever.

I've often told people who ask if there is a God: Get around enough people with horses and see what happens. See how they survive in spite of all the things they do, and you'll become a believer!

I had entered a world that no one with an evolved sense of joie de vivre would touch with a barge pole - it's called "Joining the Property Market" and it trumps war for stress!

The world is so strange that maybe it’s perfectly logical.

I think the first song I ever wrote ... was called "Can't Help Thinking About Me." That's an illuminating little piece, isn't it?

To have courage, one must first be afraid. The deeper the fear, the more difficult the climb toward courage.

Even if you're the best singer in the world, there's a good chance no one will ever hear you.

All attack is a call for help.

But where there is no art show, I would still be painting.