When we are involved in [creativity], we feel that we are living more fully than during the rest of life.

If an enterprise does not aspire to be the best of its kind, it will attract second-rate employees, and it will be soon forgotten.

The most important step in emancipating oneself from social controls is the ability to find rewards in the events of each moment.

When people restrain themselves out of fear, their lives are by necessity diminished. They become rigid and defensive, and their self stops growing.

As long as we respond predictably to what feels good and what feels bad, it is easy for others to exploit our preferences for their own ends.

One of the surest ways to enrich life is to make experiences less fleeting.

It is not the hearing that improves life, but the listening.