We can act instead of being acted upon.

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.

The root system supports the branches.

Don’t be afraid. Be the kind of person your mother warned you about.

Hebrew is deeply inspired by other languages.

Capitalism is a cancer in the biosphere.

A sanctity hangs about the sources of our being, whether physical, social, or imaginary.

Life may be seen through many windows, none of them necessarily clear or opaque, less or more distorting than any of the others.

A rigid America is also weak and vulnerable, because it sacrifices its unique strength: the energy of people who think they can always make something new of their lives.

I love stories, but writing fiction is another craft and I don't feel as if I have it.

Dreams don't have deadlines.

Fear, logic, and tradition are not going to make you live a good life when no one is looking.