When the ego is in the driver’s seat, we judge. When our spirit, our authentic self, is in control, we practice listening (without judging), compassion, and love.

The expensive car you bought doesn’t matter, but the way you treated the sales man did.

When I think of Tao, I think of the artist Bob Ross and his famous painting techniques. I can hear him say, “It’s your tree, you can make it look any way you want to.

His shoes looked too large

Focus on giants - you stumble.Focus on God - Giants tumble.

There’s risk inherent in most things that matter.

Take your work seriously, but don't take yourself seriously

Remember that sign they hung up in an EPA office during the Reagan administration, "No good deed goes unpunished"? Under George Bush, no good science goes unpunished.

The greatest achievements are those that benefit others.

The redefined physician is human, knows she's human, accepts it ... and she works in a culture of medicine that acknowledges that human beings run the system.

Success is not what you leave to but what you leave behind

Newton was a judaic monotheist of the school of Maimonides

Everybody by your side ain't on your side