I believe an appreciation for simplicity, the everyday - the ability to dive deeply into the banal and discover life's hidden richness - is where success, let alone happiness, emerges.

The moment we believe that success is determined by an ingrained level of ability as opposed to resilience and hard work, we will be brittle in the face of adversity.

Our minds are all different and I believe cultivating a keen introspective sensitivity is absolutely essential in discovering our potential.

Not only do we have to be good at waiting, we have to love it. Because waiting is not waiting, it is life.

It is rarely a mysterious technique that drives us to the top, but rather a profound mastery of what may well be a basic skill set.

Just about every error has a technical and psychological component: get good at discovering those connections

We learn by pushing ourselves and finding what really lies at the outer reaches of our abilities.

One thing about the business and investing world that I connect to very intimately is that there is little room to deny the harsh realities of your mistakes. A bad call can lose you many millions.

In America, people focus on the end result; they focus on the star.

Of course the sad truth is that if we are not present to the moment, our true love could come and go and we wouldn't even notice.

In chess you might find a good move. Then you might find a better move. But take your time. Find the best move.

Problem is (follow me closely here, the science is pretty complicated), if I cut a hole in the Hab, the air won't stay inside anymore.

Books require titles reading them doesn't

Sainthood is acceptable only in saints.

My deep dark secret is that I was a nerd in school. I liked the theater. I liked to study. I wasn't very good at sports.

Being faithful doesn’t mean you are fearless. It just means that your faith is greater than your fear.

There are no coincidences. Just miracles by the boatload.

I generally deal with something happening.

Many say that life entered the human body by the help of music, but the truth is that life itself is music.

If they could cut off my head and put it onto another body that was, like, 20 years old, I would do that.

Definitely, it just felt good to get the win.