Healthy self-esteem rests upon a strong foundation of core values and an inclination to act and speak in alignment with those values.

Desire. Enthusiasm. Purpose. Pleasure. Delight. Peace. Power. However you define passion, it is at the heart of your motivation.

Feeling passion fuels your spirit and feeds your joy.

Passion is a catalyst for action and provides you with the emotional stamina to stick with it, regardless of the obstacles.

Every day should have threads of passionate pursuits within it.

What turns you on, tunes you in, and lights your fire?

When passion is lit, the fire permeates your being with the positive expectation that all is well and everything will turn out great.

To be truly satisfied that your life is well-lived, the object of your passion is something you feel you must be, do, or have. What lights your fire?

Passion is not just about the object of your focus or desires—it is the compelling emotion, fulfillment, and intense enthusiasm that it engenders.

Are you impressed when you meet people who are filled with passion and conviction? Their energy is contagious and can make us all want “some of what they’re having!

When a person exudes passion, it is evident that they love what they are doing. Their passion projects an aura of confidence and decisiveness.

Everybody dies. It’s no risk to lose your life. You knew it was lost from the beginning.

Archive material is a fabulous starting point - individual documents are like signposted roads, heading to a variety of intriguing possibilities.

In order to improve democracy, then, it's necessary to change the people, as Brecht ironically proposed.

The supernatural does not exist.

Almost every Marine I've met says I portray a Marine dead-on, which is really, really flattering.

If Sun were to hand the management of Java over to a committee of monkeys, would it be more successful?

The key is being able to endure psychologically. When you're not riding well, you think, why suffer? Why push yourself for four or five hours? The mountains are the pinnacle of suffering

Nothing good was ever learned from eavesdropping, so mind your business and let others mind theirs.

Those who are humble enough to learn anew will succeed in this new age.

As for the concept of collective guilt, I personally think that it is totally unjustified to hold one person responsible for the behavior of another person or a collective of persons.