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Mistakes are the portals of discovery.
Mistakes are the portals of discovery.
The presence of a long-term, conscious goal has helped me maintain stability through the ubiquitous changes of over half a read more
The presence of a long-term, conscious goal has helped me maintain stability through the ubiquitous changes of over half a century.
You aspire to great things? Begin with little ones.
You aspire to great things? Begin with little ones.
When we acknowledge that all of life is sacred and that each act is an act of choice and therefore read more
When we acknowledge that all of life is sacred and that each act is an act of choice and therefore sacred, then life is a sacred dance lived consciously each moment. When we live at this level, we participate in the creation of a better world. [The Circle is Sacred].
Can you imagine what I would do if I could do all I can?
Can you imagine what I would do if I could do all I can?
One's eyes are what one is, one's mouth is what one becomes.
One's eyes are what one is, one's mouth is what one becomes.
The reason for the slow progress of the world seems to lie in a single fact. Every man is born read more
The reason for the slow progress of the world seems to lie in a single fact. Every man is born under the yoke, and grows up beneath the oppressions of his age. He can only get a vision of the unselfish forces in the world by appealing to them, and every appeal is a call to arms. If he fights he must fight, not one man, but a conspiracy. He is always at war with a civilization. On his side is proverbial philosophy, a galaxy of invisible saints and sages, and the half-developed consciousness and professions of everybody. Against him is the world, and every selfish passion in his own heart.
In really good companies, you have to lead. You have to come up with big ideas and express them forcefully. read more
In really good companies, you have to lead. You have to come up with big ideas and express them forcefully. I have always been encouraged -- or sometimes forced -- to confront the very natural fear of being wrong. I was constantly pushed to find out what I really thought and then to speak up. Over time, I came to see that waiting to discover which way the wind was blowing is an excellent way to learn how to be a follower.
Do not fear death so much, but rather the inadequate life.
Do not fear death so much, but rather the inadequate life.