I tend to pull nuggets out of many books - rather than having a handful of books that serve as guiding lights.

The future belongs to a very different kind of person with a very different kind of mind - creators and empathizers, pattern recognizers and meaning makers.

The three things that motivate creative people - autonomy, mastery, purpose!

Control leads to compliance; autonomy leads to engagement.

Asking "Why?" can lead to understanding. Asking "Why not?" can lead to breakthroughs.

Human beings have an innate inner drive to be autonomous, self-determined, and connected to one another. And when that drive is liberated, people achieve more and live richer lives.

All of us want to be part of something bigger than ourselves, something that matters.

The misuse of extrinsic rewards, so common in business, impedes creativity, stifles personal satisfaction and turns play into work.

Greatness and nearsightedness are incompatible. Meaningful achievement depends on lifting one's sights and pushing toward the horizon.

Do what you can't and experience the beauty of the mistakes you make.

In many professions, what used to matter most were abilities associated with the left side of the brain: linear, sequential, spreadsheet kind of faculties. Those still matter, but they're not enough.

You can prepare for any challenge, if you daily nurture your mental, emotional, physical and spiritual well-being.

Tears are valuable, but when they touch the ground they are no more different than urine.

Morality like physical cleanliness is not acquired once and for all: it can only be kept and renewed by a habit of constant watchfulness and discipline.

Bare hands grip success better than kid gloves. Be thorough in all things, no matter how small or distasteful! The man who counts his hours and kicks about his salary is a self-elected failure.

Were I a nightingale, I would act the part of a nightingale; were I a swan, the part of a swan.

Almost anything is better than three network TV outlets completely controlling the national discourse with their nightly broadcasts. We've moved a long way from that, and that's important.

The Charkha is the symbol of nonviolence on which all life, if it is to be real life, must be based.

Policemen are numbered in case they get lost.

I fear the day when the Kuffar are proud of their falsehood, and the Muslims are shy of their faith.

It is desirable for Buddhist affairs to help civilian rule.