The only reason Toronto is no longer the dullest city on earth is that it is no longer full of Anglo-Canadians. It is full of Hong Kong Chinese. And not a few Italians.

In 1920 [H.G. Wells] described human history as becoming more and more a race between education and catastrophe.

The Harvard Law of Animal Behavior holds that under controlled experimental conditions of temperature, time, lighting, feeding, and training, the organism will behave as it damn well pleases.

Today the story is no less attitude-adjusting. It is about the defining cultural, social and political issue of our age. It is about human transformation.

If you put a large switch in some cave somewhere, and a sign on it saying, "End-of-the-World Switch. PLEASE TO NOT TOUCH," the paint wouldn't even have time to dry.

Dwight D. Eisenhower changed America forever with the creation of the interstate highway program.

The essence of being human is being creative.

Transcendence is the only real alternative to extinction. This is serious. This may be the ultimate final exam.

In order for the Prevail Scenario to work ... you will have to have a world in which you have both differences between people and opportunities for intense connectedness.

The hallmark of the Renaissance was its holistic quality as all fields of art, engineering, science and culture shared the same exciting spirit and many of the same intellectual principles.

There are three levels of happiness: the pleasant life, the good life, and the meaningful life.

One thought fixed upon the mind will be better than 50 thoughts flittering across the ear.

Rivers and rocks and trees have always been talking to us but we've forgotten how to listen.

If we have been pleased with life, we should not be displeased with death, since it comes from the hand of the same master.

I've always been able to keep my private life separate from my business.

I wish transphobia, biphobia, homophobia didn't exist, and I wish that's what the show could just be, but sadly that's not the situation around the world.

Anyone has the ability, if they choose, to move to the higher end of the state of mind they are in. From that higher end, they can generate another state of mind.

In five years, you're going to be blown away by the strength and diversity of Michigan's transformed economy.

You are responsible for your life. It doesn't matter what your Mama did. It doesn't matter what your Daddy didn't do. You are responsible for your life.

One market paradigm that I take exception to is: Buy low and sell high. I believe far more money is made by buying high and selling at even higher prices.

It's amazing in the blink of an eye you finally see the light.