One of the things was to create a kind of amnesty environment.

You don't have to be a genius or a visionary or even a college graduate to be successful. You just need a framework and a dream.

Don't spend so much time trying to choose the perfect opportunity, that you miss the right opportunity.

It's easy to decide what you're going to do. The hard thing is deciding what you're not going to do.

Try never to be the smartest person in the room. And if you are, I suggest you invite smarter people... or find a different room.

Ignore the people who tell you it won't work, and hire people who embrace your vision.

Regrets are born of paths never taken.

Recognize that there will be failures, and acknowledge that there will be obstacles. But you will learn from your mistakes and the mistakes of others, for there is very little learning in success.

Ideas are commodity. Execution of them is not.

Whether you've found your calling, or if you're still searching, passion should be the fire that drives your life's work.

Each day that you're moving toward your dreams without compromising who you are, you're winning

Many a book is like a key to unknown chambers within the castle of one’s own self.

It's almost like learning to meditate to learn to hear what your kid is actually saying.

We know we're coming full circle with God when we stand at a very similar crossroad where we made such a mess of life before, but this time we take a different road.

I appear as a skeptic, who believes that doubt is the great engine, the great fuel of all inquiry, all discovery and all innovation.

I have learned to hold all things loosely, so God will not have to pry them out of my hands.

Well, you wear underwear. That helps.

It stinks of trains and that chili with the chocolate in it. Ooooh, books!" he exclaimed suddenly, making a beeline for the small library. (Al)

Callie always said Luce was incapable of brutal honesty and that was why she got herself stuck in so many crappy situations with guys whom she should have just told no.

When we aren't collectively imagining hopeful futures, then the way things are going almost invariably seems negative and frightening.

I like carrots that have got a bit of personality and have three or four legs! They may look weird but they taste fantastic.