You can never learn less; you can only learn more. The reason I know so much is because I have made so many mistakes.

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.

Service is the rent we pay for being. It is the very purpose of life, and not something you do in your spare time.

Everything has a natural explanation. The moon is not a god, but a great rock, and the sun a hot rock.

Our goal is to make finance the servant, not the master, of the real economy.

I was never very happy with performing; it didn't turn me on much.

I do condition my hair with honey and beer. I smell like the bottom of a beer barrel for days afterwards, but it's very good for the hair.

My M.F.A was in directing, and all the films I've made, for film school and after, I've written, directed and shot.

I'd love to fly, especially with the gas prices right now.

Our military is overextended. Nine out of 10 active-duty Army divisions are either in Iraq, going to Iraq or have come back from Iraq. One way or the other, they're wrapped up in it.

Prepare yourself for the worst, and the best will always happen.

You can't disrespect the love. You can't disrespect the peace treaty.