You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from.

One of the most realistic parts of Lord of the Rings is that almost no one wanted to get involved, until it was very nearly too late.

It takes a lot of work to make something simple.

One who looks around him is intelligent; one who looks within him is wise.

Simplicity is the key to brilliance.

I am rooted, but I flow.

An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit.

Learning how to think really means learning how to exercise some control over how and what you think. It means being conscious and aware enough to choose what you pay attention to and to choose how you construct meaning from experience.

Wrong decisions are part of life. Being able to make them work anyway is one of the abilities of those who are successful.

Money is everywhere but so is poetry. What we lack are the poets.

I can’t be everything to everyone. I kind of made peace with it years ago—that at this particular phase of my life, this is what I need and this is what I want. It’s also the reason why I’m very particular about who I spend my time with because I do believe that there are genuinely energy vampires and energy catalysts in humans.

Whenever I meet someone, I try to imagine him or her wearing an invisible sign that says: MAKE ME FEEL IMPORTANT! I respond to this sign immediately, and it works wonders.

People ask you for criticism, but they only want praise.

It’s easier to act your way into a new way of thinking than to think your way into a new way of acting. 

Complexity kills more companies than competition.

We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life, when all that we need to make us happy is something to be enthusiastic about.

Above all, be the heroine of your life, not the victim.

Life has a limit, but knowledge has none. If you use what is limited to pursue what has no limit, you will be in danger.

Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood.

First you think you know, then you realize you don't, and finally you understand.