Aim above morality. Be not simply good; be good for something.

I still believe, in spite of everything, that people are truly good at heart.

Attention is a moral act: It creates, brings aspects of things into being.

People living deeply have no fear of death.

Ultimately a genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus.

A book must be the axe for the frozen sea inside us.

The ability to learn is the most important quality a leader can have.

Fear has a very concrete power of keeping us from doing and saying the things that are our purpose.

To go wrong in one's own way is better than to go right in someone else's.

Act as if someone just said there’s no reason to be afraid.

Often when you think you’re at the end of something, you’re at the beginning of something else.

The most important thing in communication is hearing what isn't said.