With the advent of genetic engineering the time required for the evolution of new species may literally collapse.

Simple, clear purpose and principles give rise to complex intelligent behavior. Complex rules and regulations give rise to simple stupid behavior.

Making good judgments when one has complete data, facts, and knowledge is not leadership - it's bookkeeping

Clean out a corner of your mind and creativity will instantly fill it.

The problem is never how to get new, innovative thoughts into your mind, but how to get old ones out.

The essence of community, its heart and soul, is the non-monetary exchange of value; things we do and share because we care for others, and for the good of the place.

If you don't understand that you work for your mislabeled 'subordinates,' then you know nothing of leadership. You know only tyranny.

An organization, no matter how well designed, is only as good as the people who live and work in it.

The most abundant, least used, and most abused resource in the world is human spirit and ingenuity.

Heaven is purpose, principle, and people. Purgatory is paper and procedure. Hell is rules and regulations.

If you think you can't, why think

You can't reign in obscurity you can't shine in your comfort zone.

The logic behind patriotism is a mystery. At least a man who believes that his own family or clan is superior to all others is familiar with more than 0.000003% of the people involved.

This is the final book about Brian

As a leader, if you can no longer inspire your people it is time to step aside and let someone else take the lead

Misfortunes never come singly.

I am wandering inside, wandering through my past, trying to see if there is a place there strong enough to hold me.

Ultimately, whether we are writing posts, paragraphs, essays, arguments, memoirs, monographs or even just the Great American Tweet, writing is and should be a grand adventure.

When it is moving on luxurious wings, The soul is lost in pleasant smotherings.

Fun is a sugar-coated physic.

Not adding value is the same as taking it away.