A person with average talent, ambition and education, can outstrip a genius in society, if that person has focused goals.

Failure is an inside job. So is success. If you want to achieve you have to win the war in your thinking first.

The process of writing a book is like the process of preparing a dinner. Serving dishes, choosing ingredients and so on.

Always give without remembering and always receive without forgetting.

If you don't actively and decidedly choose to be the best, you automatically default to the lower 80% in your field.

To be truly happy, you need a clear sense of direction. You need a commitment to something bigger and more important than yourself. You need to feel that your life stands for something, that you are somehow making a valuable contribution to your world.

The kindest thing you can do for the people you care about is to become a happy, joyous person