How do you change the world? One room at a time. Which room? The one you're in.

We must establish a personal connection with each other. Connection before content. Without relatedness, no work can occur.

All we have to do to create the future is to change the nature of our conversations, to go from blame to ownership, and from bargaining to commitment, and from problem solving to possibility.

Transformation comes more from pursuing profound questions than seeking practical answers.

The essential challenge is to transform the isolation and self-interest within our communities into connectedness and caring for the whole.

The shift in the world begins with a shift in our thinking. Shifting our thinking does not change the world, but it creates a condition where the shift in the world becomes possible.

Ones vision is not a road map but a compass.

The task of leadership is to be intentional about the way we group people and the questions that we engage them in.

If there is no transformation inside of us, all the structural change in the world will have no impact on our institutions.

It is a misuse of our power to take responsibility for solving problems that belong to others.

The price of change is measured by our will and courage, our persistence, in the face of difficulty.

Ever have a dream so real you felt you could reach out and touch it?

When you are creating something artistically and are speaking to or representing a culture that you know truthfully, you are doing a good job.

Don't you think that any secret course is an unworthy one?

Though you may feel that no one understand the depth of your despair, our savior, Jesus Christ, understands.

No other commodity enjoys as much universal acceptability and marketability as gold.

A century ago, petroleum - what we call oil - was just an obscure commodity; today it is almost as vital to human existence as water.

Reality television is a scripted hyper-life that employs writers, but won't allow them to call themselves writers or join the union.

My father was always a straight-up funny guy. He was silly. He was my inspiration.

No one gets to the top, if they sit on the sidelines, or if they don't believe in themselves.

There is no evil that the father’s love cannot pardon and cover, there is no sin that is a match for his grace.