Some days are about preparation, but some are pure inspiration.

Nature releases resistance sometimes slowly, other times powerfully, and always by example. Suddenly out of that calm comes momentum from a new direction.

Teetering on the edge of comfortable brings us closer to ourselves and each other.

There is nothing more romantic than absolute presence.

For me, books have always been the greatest gifts. I love to give and receive them because I know they are a reflection of the giver.

It is such a privilege to learn from children as they discover new worlds of possibility and give themselves full over to their dreams, inspiring a few adults along the way.

Give without expectation and receive with reckless abandon.

A shared vision driven by core values is a powerful alchemy.

The vision is not to see things just as we have imagined them to be. The vision is the freedom to live deliberately every day and that is simply a choice.

The vision is not to see things just as we have imagined them to be. The vision is the freedom to live deliberately every day and that is a simply a choice.

Trusting the vision without forcing the way is a lesson worth learning in every port.

Anybody could dream big, but the question is, "Are you willing to consistently put in the work that its reality demands?

Utopia is in the moment. Not in some future time, some other place, but in the here and now, or else it is nowhere.

Muslims want the western countries to apologize. Why? because this gives them a sense of empowerment. It makes them feel good about themselves, it stokes their ego.

Good guys are a dime a dozen, but an aggressive leader is priceless.

Passing beauties are only the fugitive reflectios of the eternal.

My children think I'm the perfect father, but I try to bring them up to know that, 'when you are old enough you will find some faults in me, so keep an open mind.'

Spineless politics do not change the mind of a tyrant.

Though it may be more romantic to picture the bereaved as gaunt, I imagine you can grieve as efficiently with chocolates as with tap water.

The only way men or women can be judged is against the canvas of their own time.

There is nothing in history to parallel the influence of Jesus Christ.