It isn't a sadness, but a joy, that we don't do the same things for the length of our lives.

Beware; for I am fearless, and therefore powerful.

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

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

I believe that one defines oneself by reinvention… To be yourself. To cut yourself out of stone.

Success isn’t about how your life looks to others; it’s about how it feels to you.

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

Open to whatever you experience without fighting. Let it be present just as it is. Let go of the battle.

Some things are best mended by a break.

Forgiveness … is a gift of high value. Yet its cost is nothing.

Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone.

Maybe who we are isn't so much about what we do, but rather what we're capable of when we least expect it.