Without authenticity, we are only a poor imitation of someone else.

We each carry with us unique gifts, recognized and unrecognized. We long to harness those gifts in a way that gives life significance and helps us to matter more in the lives of others.

Unless individuals have the power to defy commoditization and define their own lives, their potential is vulnerable to the crushing forces of objectification.

Authenticity is a continual process of building self-awareness, a journey through which we acknowledge both our strengths and our limitations, and come to identify a noble purpose.

With honesty and a little digging, we have the opportunity to identify our gifts and harness them in the service of our best self—our own unique noble purpose.

We have a fundamental imperative in our lives to matter to others, to serve others, and to support each other in mattering more.

Claiming that you are what you are not will obscure the strengths you do have while destroying your credibility.

Nothing limits you like not knowing your limitations.

Audiences are craving intricate and intelligent stories that keep them on the edge of their seats.

Pride ill becomes a beggar, ser.

Cats can work out mathematically the exact place to sit that will cause most inconvenience.

I think that Jews - because they are a distinct, gifted and successful group that differentiates itself from societies in which it lives - are vulnerable wherever the rule of law is not paramount.

For me, being an innovator doesn't mean being more intelligent, more rich, it's not a word, it's an action.

I moved into a nice houseboat in Little Venice when I was 15 years old. I found a girlfriend called Monday and a houseboat called Friday, so I had the week sewn up.

Each day is an opportunity to travel back into tomorrow's past and change it.

You need Black [people] sometimes to understand things about Black culture.

I'm filled with a new joy mixed with old grief.

The Holocaust marooned the Jewish people in history.