Lack of respect for the worker. This nourishes disconnection, fear, anger, phoniness, and all the bad stuff that impedes excellence.

In order to do what really matters to you, you have to, first of all, know what really matters to you.

You brain does its best when it is doing a task it can do well. That's basic brain science.

Young people beginning a career need to realize that there are lots of "buses" in life. More often than not, selecting which one to be on determines success or failure, joy or despair.

All connections matter, but the people you depend upon matter most.

It is the greatest feeling in the world. When we shine, we defy death for the moment. We enter into a state of immersion in the craft we ply, a state in which we become one with what we do.

No work is "most important." Or, put differently, all work is important but work done poorly becomes most important.

I agree with Stephen Covey that too many people spend too much time on doing what is urgent rather than on doing what is import.

Not everything is about you.In fact, most things aren’t.What a relief, right?

I write while listening to music, mostly because the world beyond my headphones is too chaotic.

Aren't all these notes the senseless writings of a man who won't accept the fact that there is nothing we can do with suffering except to suffer it?

One, what would happen if everyone did this thing? Two, would this help or hinder the movement toward universal ultimate complexity?

Am I now supposed to go on Oprah and cry and tell you my deepest, darkest secrets because you want to know?

The wisdom of bridges comes from the fact that they know the both sides, they know the both shores!

The number one worst piece of horsemanship on earth is violence.

I'm the person with the final say on everything. I really love being in that position.

I detest the Bible as I detest everything that is cruel.

If women really earned fifty-nine cents to the dollar for the same work as men, what business could compete effectively by hiring men at any level?