Things today have become too big, too centralized, and too disassociated to be in relationship to each other.

In some ways, it's easier to settle for someone else's version of success than to risk falling short at one's own.

Patriarchy is connected to greed, a symptom of a larger force that can only be dispelled through kindness and love. It's basic Buddhism.

Mistakes are very seldom permanent, most of them can be fixed with less difficulty and drama than one imagines, and there's nothing shameful about them. There is, however, something sad and limiting about the fear of making them.

My wife Jennifer's family is all from there. Jennifer grew up there, so we have personal ties forever - her mom, dad, her brother, her twin brother - so, there's certainly a personal connection there that will also be there. Also, even though I grew up in Omaha, I feel like I really grew up in Milwaukee.

It didn't matter how big our house was; it mattered that there was love in it.

Thinking that everything must be bigger to matter is a problem. Small power emanates and disseminates in a very different way.