Frustration is a function of our expectations, and our expectations are often a reflection of the social mirror rather than our own values and priorities.

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.

I believe in my mask-- The man I made up is meI believe in my dance-- And my destiny

when we are weary, we speak lovingly of dreams as if they embodied our true deisres-What we WOULD have when that which we DO have so sorely disappoints us

Architecture is politics.

Being infected, being a vampire, it’ s always you. Maybe it’ s more you than ever before. It’ s you as you always were, deep down inside.

Geology gives us a key to the patience of God.

Friends can be said to "fall in like" with as profound a thud as romantic partners fall in love.

The outer prisons are made by the community to contain those who have dared break its laws. The inner prisons each man makes for himself because of what he feels are his transgressions.

I consider myself a student of Hollywood.

Make my heart, O heart of the universe, a divine bird that nests only on the throne of God.

Set your sights not just on the next few weeks ... set your sights on the years ahead - because our vision will look that far ahead.