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

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.

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

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.

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.

I think little of people who will deny their history because it doesn't present the picture they would like.

The rules have changed. True power is held by the person who possesses the largest bookshelf, not gun cabinet or wallet.

What man has joined, nature is powerless to put asunder.

Nobody believes in me more than me.

A mathematical formula should never be "owned" by anybody! Mathematics belong to God.

Now I wear my cancer like I wear my blackness I'm proud!

Unfortunately, little attention was paid to how Arafat ruled. In fact, some saw the harsh and repressive nature of Arafat's regime as actually bolstering the prospects for peace.

For how do we know that the thoughts which occur in dreaming are false rather than those others which we experience when awake, since the former are often not less vivid and distinct than the latter?

Creativeness is finding patterns where none exist.