The exercise of true leadership is inversely proportional to the exercise of power.

I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions.

To achieve goals you've never achieved before, you need to start doing things you've never done before.

The key is not to prioritize what's on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities.

Integrity is conforming reality to our words - in other words, keeping promises and fulfilling expectations.

Most of us spend too much time on what is urgent and not enough time on what is important.

Make small commitments and keep them. Be a light, not a judge. Be a model, not a critic. Be a part of the solution, not the problem.

Our ultimate freedom is the right and power to decide how anybody or anything outside ourselves will affect us.

When you really listen to another person from their point of view, and reflect back to them that understanding, it's like giving them emotional oxygen.

Improve relationships with others by assuming that they can hear everything you say about them

Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply.

Photographing a culture in the here and now often means photographing the intersection of the present with the past.

When I came to America, I dreamed bigger dreams.

Our lives depend on good communication. Good communication helps personal relationships, it helps bosses and employees get along better. We rely on it.

We try to be as much involved in our product as possible, because then it's us.

In science, the best precept is to alter and exchange our ideas as fast as science moves ahead.

It's very difficult to release an X-rated movie.

Two hearts in love need no words.

Dialogue starts with the willingness to challenge our own thinking, to recognize that any certainty we have is, at best, a hypothesis about the world.

Peace is neither the absence of war nor the presence of a disarmament agreement. Peace is a change of heart.

You can learn from anyone if you know the right questions.