If you have the power to see things through somebody else's eyes, it's like going from black and white to color or two dimensions to three dimensions.

More than anything else, what differentiates people who live up to their potential from those who don't is a willingness to look at themselves and others objectively

Be wary of the arrogant intellectual who comments from the stands without having played on the field.

Nature gave us pain as a messaging device to tell us that we are approaching, or that we have exceeded, our limits in some way.

There is nothing to fear from truth....Being truthful is essential to being an independent thinker and obtaining greater understanding of what is right.

To be successful, we need everyone to think independently and work through disagreement to decide what's best.

Meditation more than anything in my life was the biggest ingredient of whatever success I've had.

Principles are what allow you to live a life consistent with those values. Principles connect your values to your actions.

If you don't own Gold, you know neither history nor economics.

The more you think you know, the more closed-minded you'll be.

To make money in the markets, you have to think independently and be humble.

We feel the most balance when we're not dividing ourselves on other people's scales.

Ignorance never protected anyone for long.

The cat is beauty and the beast, a baffling blend, a wicked feast.For all who dream of varied light, the cat holds both the dark and bright.

It is in the world of ideas and in the relation of his brain to the universe itself that the superiority of Man lies. The rise of Man may justly be described as an adventure in ideas.

The burden of regret can weigh us down heavily on our spiritual journey. The best way to release regret is to forgive ourselves.

For my best poems were all written when I felt the worst. When I was happy, I didn't write anything.

There's always a point where you get knocked down. But I draw on what I've learned on the track: If you work hard, things will work out.

I have come to the conclusion that there is nothing good that doesn't have bad consequences and nothing bad that doesn't have good consequences.

Possibilities swung from the ropes of his life like charms on a watch chain, golden.

You know, we have two families: the one we're born into, and the one that we make for ourselves afterwards.