Most people are good at a handful of things and utterly miserable at most.

What we fear doing most is usually what we most need to do.

If you don't have time, the truth is, you don't have priorities. Think harder; don't work harder.

It isn't enough to think outside the box. Thinking is passive. Get used to acting outside the box.

The best way to counter-attack a hater is to make it blatantly obvious that their attack has had no impact on you.

The way we measure productivity is flawed. People checking their BlackBerry over dinner is not the measure of productivity.

I'll repeat something you might consider tattooing on your forehead: What we fear doing most is usually what we most need to do.

That's precisely the question everyone should be asking-why the hell not? - Why not you, why not now.

Money doesn't change you; it reveals who you are when you no longer have to be nice.

Luxury, to me, is not owning a lot of stuff. Luxury, to me, is feeling unrushed.

Slow down and remember this: Most things make no difference. Being busy is a form of mental laziness-lazy thinking and indiscriminate action.

Women still dream and hope, pin their emotions on some man who doesn't reciprocate, and end up in confusion.

Women like myself, CEOs, can pave the way for more women to get to the top.

We need to make our faith our very own love story.

I gulped, then stepped over the threshold into the house where I'd lived as a boy. After eighteen long years of wandering, I had finally come home.

I'm a tourist, a glorified tourist. I'm not doing it to have a good time or to lie in the sun.

Our ability to effectively engage China and the Arab world rests on shared economic and political interests and mutual understanding.

Whereas a prolonged life is not necessarily better, a prolonged death is necessarily worse.

Our Soul is a spark of the Divine. It is pure and perfect. Evil deeds merely obstruct our vision of the true nature of our Soul. Through good deeds we can become conscious of this perfection again.

Forces of Destruction: grades in school, merit system, incentive pay, business plans, quotas.

On being the guest of honor at an awards banquet: "Thank you for making this day necessary."