No literature is richer than that of the sea. No story is more enthralling, no tradition is more secure.

The sea is selective, slow at recognition of effort and aptitude but fast in sinking the unfit.

No matter how important a man at sea may consider himself, unless he is fundamentally worthy the sea will some day find him out.

An excellent monument might be erected to the Unknown Stockholder. It might take the form of a solid stone ark of faith apparently floating in a pool of water.

Edgar Allan Poe’s writings showed me perfectly that there can be such fragile beauty and purity located in darkness and sorrow.

Solutions nearly always come from the direction you least expect, which means there's no point trying to look in that direction because it won't be coming from there.

I cannot contain this. Please, can we all have something sexual together? You're both beautiful, even just a hug.'

Servant-leader ship is all about making the goals clear and then rolling your sleeves up and doing whatever it takes to help people win. In that situation, they don't work for you, you work for them.

I remember when I was in college, I used to watch Julia Child's cooking show during dinner and joke with my roommates about becoming a TV chef.

Instead of taking a year off, I started Dreamers of the Day exactly 36 hours after I sent the manuscript for A Thread of Grace to the publisher!

My self-absorption warms me; yours boils me.

All the beautiful things in this world are lies. They count for nothing in the end.

People are often so busy living that they never stop to wonder why.

Some of the most flowery praise you hear on the subject of teams is only hypocrisy. Managers learn to talk a good game about teams even when they're secretly threatened by the whole concept.