A person can make himself happy, or miserable, regardless of what is actually happening 'outside,' just by changing the contents of consciousness.

It is essential to learn to enjoy life. It really does not make sense to go through the motions of existence if one does not appreciate as much of it as possible.

Unless a person knows how to give order to her thoughts, attention will be attracted to whatever is most problematic at the moment.

For better or worse, our future will be determined in large part by our dreams and by the struggle to make them real.

Without the capacity to provide its own information, the mind drifts into randomness.

...in the words of Max DePree: "Management has a lot to do with answers. But leadership is a function of questions. And the first question for a leader always is: 'Who do we intend to be?' Not 'What are we going to do?' but 'Who do we intend to be?'"

Studying creativity is not an elite distraction, but provides one of the most exciting models for living.