Life is revealed as a place to contribute and we as contributors. Not because we have done a measurable amount of good, but because that is the story we tell.

The conductor of an orchestra doesn’t make a sound. He depends, for his power, on his ability to make other people powerful.

I have a definition of success. For me it's very simple. It's not about wealth and fame and power. It's about how many shining eyes I have around me.

Throw yourself into life as someone who makes a difference, accepting that you may not understand how or why.

When you make a mistake, throw your hands in the air and say "How fascinating!"

In the measurement world, we set a goal and strive to achieve it. In the universe of possibility, we set the context and let life unfold.

I'm so sorry for you; your lives have been so easy. You can't play great music unless your heart's been broken.

The major difference between the 'best' and the 'average' is that the 'best' get as much pleasure from practice as performance.

The job of the leader is to speak to the possibility.

It's not a question of how much power you can hoard for yourself, but how much you can give away.

Look at their eyes. If their eyes are shining, you know you're doing it.

If fiction and fantasy books are escapism, then let an author write them so as to better equip the reader to face reality by the end.

And if one day there's distanceBetween your hand and mine, When our hands join once again, My heart and soul will shine.

Deep in the meadow, hidden far away A cloak of leaves, a moonbeam ray Forget your woes and let your troubles lay

You can try to reach an audience, but you just write what comes out of you and you just hope that it is accepted. You do not write specifically to a generation.

Success and failure are terrible traps.

Mostly [Eva Braun criticize Adolf Hitler] about his clothes, the cut and the fit of his clothes. This was an ongoing issue between them.

True joy results when we become aware of our connectedness to everything.

I am allergic highly to the sun; that's my worst enemy.

I don't look too far ahead.