Attention is like energy in that without it no work can be done, and in doing work is dissipated. We create ourselves by how we use this energy. Memories, thoughts and feelings are all shaped by how use it. And it is an energy under control, to do with as we please; hence attention is our most important tool in the task of improving the quality of experience.

Goals transform a random walk into a chase.

Creativity is any act, idea, or product that changes an existing domain, or that transforms an existing domain into a new one What counts is whether the novelty he or she produces is accepted for inclusion in the domain.

One cannot lead a life that is truly excellent without feeling that one belongs to something greater and more permanent than oneself.

We can either help to make this world a more incredible place than it has ever been, or we can hasten its return to inorganic dust.

There are managers so preoccupied with their e-mail messages that they never look up from their screens to see what's happening in the nondigital world

Discipline is not always internalized and actually can breed resentment among children.