If you focus on principles, you empower everyone who understands those principles to act without constant monitoring, evaluating, correcting, or controlling.

When I started teaching I realized that I had never had such a level of satisfaction and such a feeling of fulfillment and sense of contribution. Just like that. But, usually it's more cumulative, slow, evolutionary and less revolutionary.

Independent will is our capacity to act. It gives us the power to transcend our paradigms, to swim upstream, to rewrite our scripts, to act based on principle rather than reacting based on emotion or circumstance.

Don't cheat people of their growth. Empower them to solve problems and generate ideas. Watch them grow!

The way we see the problem is the problem.

Empathy takes time, and efficiency is for things, not people.

Live simply and appreciate what you have. Give more. Expect less.