"You're always defined in relation to the environment that you're in and to the people that you're around."

“When people walk away from you, let them go. Your destiny is never tied to anyone who leaves you, and it doesn't mean they are bad people. It just means that their part in your story is over.”

“Risk no more that you can afford to lose, and also risk enough so that a win is meaningful.”

“Men would like monogamy better if it sounded less like monotony.”

“We move so fast that memory is something we can only grasp”

“It's very important in a leadership role not to place your ego at the foreground and not to judge everything in relationship to how your ego is fed.”

Source : "I Was Impossible, but Then I Saw How to Lead". Interview with Adam Bryant, www.nytimes.com. December 3, 2011.

“Every faith has its story; every faith has its roots.”

“Under no circumstances trust a lean cook.”

“Spirituality is not primarily about values and ethics, not about exhortations to do right or live well. The spiritual traditions are primarily about reality...an effort to penetrate the illusions of the external world and to name its underlying truth.”