The person who is truly effective has the humility and reverence to recognize his own perceptual limitations and to appreciate the rich resources available through interaction with the hearts and minds of other human beings.

The key to the ability to change is a changeless sense of who you are, what you are about and what you value.

The place to begin building any relationship is inside ourselves, inside our circle of influence, our own character.

Belief is another word for paradigm. It's a synonymous. Your belief of the way things are. Values are the way things should be, it's a paradigm of the way things should be. Beliefs are the paradigms of the way things are.

Perhaps the greatest role of parenting, more than directing and telling children what to do, [is] helping [children] connect with their own gifts, particularly conscience.

We see the world, not as it is, but as we are──or, as we are conditioned to see it.

Petty things become unimportant when people are impassioned about a purpose higher than self.