Universe is the aggregate of all humanity's consciously apprehended and communicated nonsimultaneous and only partially overlapping experiences.

You cannot change how someone thinks, but you can give them a tool to use which will lead them to think differently.

In order to change an existing paradigm you do not struggle to try and change the problematic model. You create a new model and make the old one obsolete.

There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it's going to be a butterfly.

Pollution is nothing but the resources we are not harvesting. We allow them to disperse because we've been ignorant of their value.

Mistakes are great, the more I make the smarter I get.

If you want to teach people a new way of thinking, don't bother trying to teach them. Instead, give them a tool, the use of which will lead to new ways of thinking.

We are called to be architects of the future, not its victims.

You can rest assured that if you devote your time and attention to the highest advantage of others, the Universe will support you, always and only in the nick of time.

Love is metaphysical gravity.

Integrity is the essence of everything successful.

There's something to say about inspiration - when it comes into your life...the feeling is insatiable.

Nobody roots for Goliath.

The visions we offer our children shape the future.

I am not a genius. But I am nerdy.

Give up being perfect for being authentic. Be who you are. Love who you are. Others will too.

Each generation must get on the same old merry-go-round, only disguised in a fresh coat of paint.

I just think that playing bass, like punk rock bass with a pick, wasn't meant to be done for 25 years.

In our democracy, near equality is no equality. Government either treats everyone the same, or it doesn't. And right now it doesn't.

That's the way I look at things - if you focus on the worst case scenario and it happens, you've lived it twice. It sounds like Pollyanna-ish tripe but I'm telling you - it works for me.

Self-deception ultimately explains Japan's plight. The Japanese have never accepted that change is in their interest - and not merely a response to U.S. criticism.