Unless individuals have the power to defy commoditization and define their own lives, their potential is vulnerable to the crushing forces of objectification.

We each carry with us unique gifts, recognized and unrecognized. We long to harness those gifts in a way that gives life significance and helps us to matter more in the lives of others.

Authenticity is a continual process of building self-awareness, a journey through which we acknowledge both our strengths and our limitations, and come to identify a noble purpose.

With honesty and a little digging, we have the opportunity to identify our gifts and harness them in the service of our best self—our own unique noble purpose.

We have a fundamental imperative in our lives to matter to others, to serve others, and to support each other in mattering more.

Claiming that you are what you are not will obscure the strengths you do have while destroying your credibility.

Nothing limits you like not knowing your limitations.

Without authenticity, we are only a poor imitation of someone else.

There is no cosmetic for beauty like happiness.

Discovery requires courage and acceptance that we are not in control, and that the future is uncertain.

The picture alone, without the written word, leaves half the story untold.

Everyone wants to put people on, I think. And get away with it! That's the thing: put people on and get away with it! That's a science in itself.

I never can understand how two men can write a book together; to me that's like three people getting together to have a baby.

The trouble with baseball is that it is not played the year round.

Nothing happens in the 'real' world unless it first happens in the images in our heads

Al Gore completely lied about climate change in an effort to make a lot of money.

It wasn't right. He knew that, but it was like falling: once you started you couldn't stop until something stopped you.