“When someone comes along who genuinely thanks us, we will follow that person a very long way.”

To the contrary, I’ve found that the happiest people have found some cause and they stride through life propelled by a commitment.

And I discover that we rarely if ever see the totality of another in ordinary social intercourse.

When an individual appears mean and lazy, we are only seeing one part of the person.

Love, honor, and negotiate.

A true leader helps people focus on their potential, not on their limitations.

But leisure has little to do with one’s happiness.

Those with a high level of confidence may have as many or more weaknesses than those with low self-esteem.

Tears are often a gift from God, and sadness is a healthy emotion.

Focus on your potential instead of your limitations.

The Hasidic rabbi, Zuscha, was asked on his deathbed what he thought the kingdom of God would be like. He replied, “I don’t know. But one thing I do know.

When I get there I am not going to be asked, ‘Why weren’t you Moses? Why weren’t you David?’ I am only going to be asked, ‘Why weren’t you Zuscha? Why weren’t you fully you?'”

One reason I can be more tolerant than most is that as a therapist.

The ultimate leaders develop followers who will surpass them.

You will be surprised at how many good things you can observe in them and comment upon.

If people know we expect good things from them, they will in most cases go to great lengths to live up to our expectations.

If you train your mind to search for the positive things about other people.

Anyone who says rock ‘n’ roll is a passing fad or a flash-in-the-pan trend along the music road has rocks in the head.

I’m in this wonderful position where I can do what interests me. And whatever comes along that interests me, I do. The rest of the time I bother scientists about communicating.

What I find interesting is how close you can run the laughter along the seam of seriousness, and occasionally cross it, so that half the house genuinely doesn’t know whether to laugh or cry.

Because it’s bad enough not getting what you want, but it’s even worse to have an idea of what it is you want and find out at the end of the journey that it isn’t, in fact, what you wanted all along.

Discreetly, moving along the waterways and four seasons of the faithful sun.

The greatest difficulty of Travel is that one is forced to take oneself along.

I’m sensing something and I’m going along with it. It reminds me of a painting, the way Jackson Pollack painted – Jackson Pollack, the great, great artist.

I always try to put myself out of my comfort zone and out of my depth, and hopefully somewhere along the line I’ll catch up.