“We see the world, not as it is, but as we are – or, as we are conditioned to see it.”

I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions.

The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing.

Seek to understand before you seek to be understood.

Trust is the glue of life. It’s the most essential ingredient in effective communication. It’s the foundational principle that holds all relationships.

One of the most important ways to manifest integrity is to be loyal to those who are not present. In doing so, we build the trust of those who are present.

Being is seeing in the human dimension.

Begin with the end in mind.

Our ultimate freedom is the right and power to decide how anybody or anything outside ourselves will affect us.

You can learn great things from your mistakes when you aren’t busy denying them.

Each of us guard a gate of change that can only be opened from the inside.

We must never be too busy to take time to sharpen the saw.

You have two ears and one mouth. Use them accordingly.

The key is not to prioritize what’s on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities.

It’s better to be trusted than to be liked.

Prepare your mind and heart before you prepare your speech. What we say may be less important than how we say it.

If the ladder is not leaning against the right wall, every step we take just gets us to the wrong place faster.

Day after day I look in the mirror and I still see something.

All I did was to look at what the universe showed me, to let my brush bear witness to it.

I always notice flowers.

Humans believe so many lies because we aren’t aware. We ignore the truth or we just don’t see the truth. When we are educated, we accumulate a lot of knowledge, and all that knowledge is just like a wall of fog that doesn’t allow us to perceive the truth, what really is.

Misery only ever lingers on those who choose not to see the beauty in anyone, other than themselves.

Look to see who is truly serving the world, truly seeking to share wisdom and knowledge, insight and understanding, caring and compassion. Provide for these people, for these are the Bringers of the Light.

What you see before you, my friend, is the result of a lifetime of chocolate.

I always wanted to see the world. But I never expected to find it in your eyes.