Leadership can be thought of as a capacity to define oneself to others in a way that clarifies and expands a vision of the future.

The colossal misunderstanding of our time is the assumption that insight will work with people who are unmotivated to change.

The function of a leader within any institution: to provide that regulation through his or her non-anxious, self-defined presence.

A major criterion for judging the anxiety level of any society is the loss of its capacity to be playful.

Attitudes are the real figures of speech.

To convert a day is to produce a product

When life is sweet, say thank you and celebrate. And when life is bitter, say thank you and grow.

If you help them (the crew) create good memories, they'll forget all the bad stuff

Try not to be too focused on pleasing others and end up losing your true self.

I would give a century of my life for a single taste of your lips

The longer I live, the less future there is to worry about.

Life just seems so full of connections. Most of the time we don't even pay attention to the depth of life. We only see flat surfaces.

I never wear sneakers. I don't feel comfortable in them.

The pretensions of final truth are always partlyan effort to obscure a darkly felt consciousness of the limits of human knowledge.

The more you read, the more you calm down.