We learn by pushing ourselves and finding what really lies at the outer reaches of our abilities.

The moment we believe that success is determined by an ingrained level of ability as opposed to resilience and hard work, we will be brittle in the face of adversity.

Our minds are all different and I believe cultivating a keen introspective sensitivity is absolutely essential in discovering our potential.

Not only do we have to be good at waiting, we have to love it. Because waiting is not waiting, it is life.

It is rarely a mysterious technique that drives us to the top, but rather a profound mastery of what may well be a basic skill set.

Just about every error has a technical and psychological component: get good at discovering those connections

One thing about the business and investing world that I connect to very intimately is that there is little room to deny the harsh realities of your mistakes. A bad call can lose you many millions.

I believe an appreciation for simplicity, the everyday - the ability to dive deeply into the banal and discover life's hidden richness - is where success, let alone happiness, emerges.

In America, people focus on the end result; they focus on the star.

Of course the sad truth is that if we are not present to the moment, our true love could come and go and we wouldn't even notice.

In chess you might find a good move. Then you might find a better move. But take your time. Find the best move.

I didn't know someone whom I wasn't seeking, could make me feel like I didn't need to search anymore.

If I'm not in love with the script, there's nothing. It doesn't matter what you give me. It has to start with the script.

Time is but a mode of thought

Most girls are attracted to the simple things in life. Like men.

I mean, I can't say that I've had many deep thoughts because I traveled alone, but it's good to be with myself in the quiet.

For the bliss of the deep abode is not lightly abandoned in favor of the self-scattering of the wakened state.

I am not saying that I am different, but I don't have emotional pain. I may be angry and I may be peaceful, but no emotional pain.

We spend our life until we’re twenty deciding what parts of ourself to put into the bag, and we spend the rest of our lives trying to get them out again.

Feedback for leaders is often nuanced and difficult to deliver. That said, hearing you are passive-aggressive from 10 different people described 10 different ways becomes hard to ignore.

A true delineation of the smallest man is capable of interesting the greatest man.