Happiness is not something that you pursue; it is something that you allow. Happiness is just being.

What if compassion is also profitable? What if compassion is also good for business?

When the mind is un-agitated, when the mind is calm, that mind is most conducive to creative problem solving.

And one of the powers of mindfulness is the ability to get to that frame of mind on demand.

My job description is to enlighten minds, open hearts and create world peace.

Top managers love people and they want to be loved - it turns out being loved is good for your career, especially if you are the boss.

It is national parliaments, which are, and will remain, the true source of real democratic legitimacy and accountability in the EU.

If I'm exhausted, physically and particularly emotionally, I can't tell what's good and I can't tell what's bad and I'm useless.

So far he's bringing his A-game.

What matters in art is not thinking but making.

We have to save the world," I reminded him. He reached for me. "The world can wait. I can't.

The work is where I tend to feel pressure - not so much in the reaction to it.

Some of us are just less damaged than others.

I have both sleep apnea and atrial fibrillation, which are both debilitating conditions.

I never did anything worth doing entirely by accident. . . Almost none of my inventions came about totally by accident. They were achieved by having trained myself to endure and tolerate hard work.