The most obvious, most absurdly recognizable phenomena in day-to-day life often become the hardest to remain consciously aware of.

We are just too busy trying to appear smart to realize how intelligent we actually are.

I envision a world in which the vast majority of us are actively striving toward our potential by serving others through mediums we are most passionate.

When you give your weakness permission to be because you understand that it is simply an expression of your strength, it tends to no longer be a weakness.

Self-improvement is generally a removal of a vice rather than an acquisition of a virtue.

When your words enter the material world in the form of ink or on screen, you are immediately afforded the opportunity to judge their worth.

In mastering one thing, you have mastered all things because you have learned how to learn.

This is what it means to be mindful. To watch the thoughts as they come and go without judgment while completely accepting what arises in the present moment.

You are the space in which these thoughts arise, but not the thoughts themselves.

For many of us, especially being so fortunate to live in a first-world country, the vast majority of pain we experience is due to the seriousness with which we identify with our thoughts.

The rare opportunity to exist, no matter how brief, is worth the pain left in the wake of its disappearance.

Is there anything like a collective brain?

Well, I think the U.S. has been careful not to go too far in attacking Iran's allies, in particular in attacking Hezbollah forces in Syria, which have been propping up the regime of Bashar al-Assad.

Self-realization is a very quiet thing. It's not flashy. No one might see you light up a room. No one might observe anything

Liberty is the right to discipline ourselves in order not to be disciplined by others

Being a president is being a CEO, essentially.

The foremost corporate responsibility is to serve others so well you produce a profit.

All I know is that so long I am asleep I am rid of all fears and hopes and toils and glory, and long live the man who invented sleep, the cloak that covers all human thirst.

It could be a stupid thing to say, but people should realize that it is easy to get concerned about yourself and to lose contact.

I don't have any intentions to return to England. I would go back if I could return as a free person. I don't want to return to prison.

There are bits of the literal future right here, right now, if you know how to look for them.