When you don't know what to do, do nothing. Get quiet so you can hear the still, small voice.

My father turned my life around insisting I be more than I was and by believing I could be more.

Whatever someone did to you in the past has no power over the present. Only you give it power.

Remove the fear, and the answer comes into focus.

When people say they are looking for happiness, I ask, What are you giving to the world?

There were lots of little boys having their bar mitzvahs all over the world, and they sent me tapes of some of them that they interviewed, probably six or seven little boys, and there was something about Mendel. I just loved his little face. I loved the energy of Mendel.

Purpose is the thread that connects the dots to everything you do that leads you to an extraordinary life.