Every time I see high-trust cultures, I see a lessening of adversarialism.

I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions.

To achieve goals you've never achieved before, you need to start doing things you've never done before.

The key is not to prioritize what's on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities.

Integrity is conforming reality to our words - in other words, keeping promises and fulfilling expectations.

Most of us spend too much time on what is urgent and not enough time on what is important.

Make small commitments and keep them. Be a light, not a judge. Be a model, not a critic. Be a part of the solution, not the problem.

Our ultimate freedom is the right and power to decide how anybody or anything outside ourselves will affect us.

When you really listen to another person from their point of view, and reflect back to them that understanding, it's like giving them emotional oxygen.

Improve relationships with others by assuming that they can hear everything you say about them

Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply.

Let's always try to paint the truth ... our art must be made to mean something.

If that’s what you’re willing to do for someone you hate, what would you do for someone you love?

It's good to know that there's a fine line between an "outfit" and a "getup."

You have to count on living every single day in a way you believe will make you feel good about your life- so that if it were over tomorrow you'd be content with yourself.

Things change for the better when we take responsibility for our own thoughts, decisions and actions.

Catholic extremism should be resisted as fiercely at home as we oppose the Taliban abroad.

I club the thing over the head and that's the end of it.

Our brain is the factory of the emotions

There are some themes, some subjects, too large for adult fiction; they can only be dealt with adequately in a children's book.

Bob Dylan tends not to have geographical or chronological markers that tie a song to any specific context, so they stay alive, stay relevant.