The pursuit of meaning, not happiness, is what makes life worthwhile.

If you want people to understand that you value their contributions and that they are important, the recognition and praise you provide must have meaning that is specific to each individual.

If you spend your life trying to be good at everything, you will never be great at anything.

One's single greatest strength may be uncovering the hidden talents of another person.

You cannot be anything you want to be - but you can be a whole lot more of who you already are.

Make work a purpose, not just a place.

When we build on our strengths and daily successes — instead of focusing on failures — we simply learn more.

People have several times more potential for growth when they invest energy in developing their strengths instead of correcting their deficiencies.

The things that change people's lives are usually an accumulation of small acts.

If we can find short-term incentives that are consistent with our long-term objectives, it is much easier to make the right decisions in the moment.

From the cradle to the cubicle, we devote more time to our shortcomings than to our strengths.

Most of the supposedly Sufi organizations, exercises and “orders” are in fact only of archaeological interest.

Let's face it - with a few exceptions, nobody likes anybody.

We get very set in our ways and it's sometimes hard to look beyond what else is out there.

Authentic happiness is always independent of external conditions. Vigilantly practice polite indifference to that which we can't control. Your happiness can only be found within.

The American principles of democracy expresses the deepest values of the Sharia both structurally and in the government... Sharia requires us Muslims anywhere to abide by the law of the land.

If I answer questions every time you ask one, expectations would be high. And as you know, I like to keep expectations low.

I would never write a memoir, because it would be too boring.

It's such a profound alienation for a person not to be at home in their own body.

The boy and his heart had become friends, and neither was capable now of betraying the other.

Love is a thing that is full of cares and fears.