When confronted by conflict and confusion, another practice is to take a deep breath, pause and ask: 'Where is the gift in this?

Remember the importance of small actions. They're the building blocks in the architecture of your life, the quiet victories you win for yourself each day.

Wise leaders know that if an individual doesn't count, the institution doesn't count for much either. Put mathematically, if the individual is a zero, together a lot of zeros add up to a whole lot of nothing.

To be at peace in any endeavour, we must release our need to control the outcome.

Regular meditation not only restores our inner harmony and vital energy, but provides us with an actual experience of the peace we seek.

Our greatest natural resources are our hearts and minds, together with those of the people around us.

Where another person sees problems, a leader sees possibilities. ... Leaders must have the courage to follow their vision, to believe in the invisible, to work for something that's still only a possibility, while others often wring their hands in despair.