Learning the secrets and skill of great No.2s remains the surest path to becoming No. 1.

Co-leadership should permeate every organization at every level.

The ability to make hard truths palatable is one that every long-lived co-leader has mastered.

When Matthew merely stared at him, Jackson reached into the weapon box and pulled out a sheathed machete, handing it to the boy.Matthew laughed and dropped it.

Blessed is the nightbird that sings for joy and not to be heard.

The worst thing about loneliness is that it brings one face to face with oneself.

To be silent when we are impelled to utter words injurious to God or to our neighbour, is an act of virtue; but, to be silent in confessing our sins, is the ruin of the soul.

Only by awakening can you know the true meaning of that word.

Nothing teaches you like getting leveled. And I got leveled in my early 30s. Nothing went exactly the way I thought it would.

The challenge before us is to savor the unknown and delight in the taste of possibility.

The forests have taught man liberty.

If you hire only those people you understand, the company will never get people better than you are. Always remember that you often find outstanding people among those you don't particularly like.

The only thing I know is that we came from the stars, and that we have the same material as the stars. That's all that I know. Everything else I don't know.