Once we realize the extraordinary power we have to compose our lives, well move from passive, conditioned thinking to being co-creators of our fate.

Imagination allows us to conceive of delightful future possibilities, pick the most amazing one, and pull the present forward to meet it.

To be inspired is the ultimate antidote to existential despair.

Ideas are powerful because they allow us to see the world as it could be, rather than what it is.

There's always going to be the circumstances you can't plan for. There's always the unexpected relevance and the serendipity.

Everything that we design is designing us back

We fit the universe through our brains and it comes out in the form of nothing less than poetry. We have a responsibility to awe.

I do NOT accept the ephemeral nature of this moment. I'm going to extend it FOREVER! Or at least I'm going to try.

For me, its always a failure of the imagination. I have that anxiety that time is passing, that everything is ultimately fleeting and impermanent. I better take advantage of every single moment.

As technology continues to increase our possibilities, what we're seeing is a shrinking of the lag time between what we dream about and what we create.

Awe is the best drug in the world

This is a feminist bookstore. There is no humor section.

I've never experienced- besides the birth of my two daughters-the feeling of winning a world championship in New York in the new stadium. It's something I'll never forget.

I learned compassion from being discriminated against. Everything bad that's ever happened to me has taught me compassion.

The smallest coffins are the heaviest.

We all have a cross-gender character: Every woman has a man that they can play, and every man has a woman that they can play.

The best way to convince a fool that he is wrong is to let him have his own way.

A follower of the Way (Tao) loses something each day. Loss after loss until arriving at Non Action (Wu Wei).

I hate parties. I really don't like public events. I hate dressing up. I am the worst celebrity ever!

It's not about the goal. It's about becoming the type of person that can accomplish the goal.