Your direction is a result of your perception.

What you invest your time in defines who you are.

The only way to combat failure is to see it as an opportunity to improve your direction.

If you don’t aim for the best prospects, you’re likely to do business with any prospect.

If you don’t do something differently, you’ll ultimately be where you are now, only later.

Trust, in its most primitive form, is based on authenticity, not flawlessness.

The fact is that if you don't have an effective, efficient plan for selling, any business you get is accidental.

Gaining trust is like filling a bucket one drop at a time.

All reluctance is a lack of confidence.

People are fragile. They die of mistakes, of overdoses, of sickness. But mostly they die of Death.

I follow many great religions. Body is my temple. Love is my religion. Peace is my religion. Happiness is my religion.

I think there are a lot of people in this industry that have the ability, that have the position, they have the opportunity, they have the privilege to call the shots and could do it too.

My professional life has been about public service. My personal life I define very intently through my family.

I want to be remembered as a poet, a peacemaker, and a philosopher who played.

The fruits of labor are delicious, but individually they’re not particularly fattening. So don’t share yours, and munch on those of others whenever you can.

We need a foreign policy that distinguishes America's friends from her enemies, and recognizes the true threats that we face.

Thich Nhat Hanh writes with the voice of the Buddha.

When Billie Holiday sings a song, I hear the song, but I always hear her and her truth.

The same parts of my brain get as excited as when I study bio or read a novel and write a paper on it.