We are all prisoners of our past. It is hard to think of things except in the way we have always thought of them. But that solves no problems and seldom changes anything.

If there is one general law of communication it is that we never communicate as effectively as we think we do.

There is as far as I know, no example in history, of any state voluntarily ceding power from the centre to its constituent parts.

The moment will arrive when you are comfortable with who you are, and what you are- bald or old or fat or poor, successful or struggling- when you don't feel the need to apologize for anything or to deny anything. To be comfortable in your own skin is the beginning of strength.

A leader shapes and shares a vision, which gives point to the work of others.

To learn anything other than the stuff you find in books, you need to be able to experiment, to make mistakes, to accept feedback, and to try again. It doesn't matter whether you are learning to ride a bike or starting a new career, the cycle of experiment, feedback, and new experiment is always there.

We need to have faith in the future to make sense of the present.