“When you see what you’re here for, the world begins to mirror your purpose in a magical way. It’s almost as if you suddenly find yourself on a stage in a play that was written expressly for you.”

What’s emerging is a new synthesis of science, spirituality and leadership as different facets of a single way of being.

The U theory suggests that the central integrating thought … will emerge from building three integrated capacities.

I think a buddhist would say that presencing can arise to the extent that we develop the capacity, individually and collectively, to extend our conscious awareness in both domains.

Serving the emerging whole means paying attention to what’s right here within my awareness, what’s completely local, and surrendering to what’s being asked of me now.

So you’re stuck. Every time your madman starts to write, your judge pounces on him… So start by promising your judge that you’ll get around to asking his opinion, but not now. And then let the madman energy flow… Save details for the judge.

The emerging whole manifests locally. It manifests in particular communities, groups, and, ultimately, in us as individuals.

The basic problem with the new species of global institutions is that they have not yet become aware of themselves as living.

What we’re calling ‘presencing’ is possible because of this womb, where the absolute and the manifest interact.

If science is an unfinished project, the next stage will be about reconnecting and integrating the rigor of scientific method with the richness of direct experience to produce a science that will serve to connect us to one another, ourselves and the world.

Art is not a mirror. Art is a hammer.

If art reflects life, it does so with special mirrors.

Women like to take their clothes off. I noticed that. Especially in front of a camera. Or a mirror.

You won’t even know you’ve crossed the line until it’s way back in your rearview mirror.

I divorce myself from listeners who aren’t tolerant of humor. I did notice universally that, especially when it comes to weight, people look in the mirror and get the angle just right, tell themselves it’s all right, and then they go out.

Some people are quick to challenge others but refuse to look in the mirror and challenge themselves.

If you can’t look in the mirror and genuinely love 100% of what you see, how can you possibly say “i love you” to someone else.

I look in the mirror and say to myself, Can it be you once played Romeo?