“What is the purpose of being really intelligent if not to have the substance of what you want without mistaking it for the shadow?”

“Is what you're about to do more likely to expand or limit your ability to get what you really want? Executive intelligence.”

“The best part about being alone is that you really don't have to answer to anybody. You do what you want.”

“If you want to innovate at scale, you have to get really clear about your values. What do you really want in your company? What is really important to you?”

“Do you really want to be happy? You can begin by being appreciative of who you are and what you've got. Do you want to be really miserable? You can begin by being discontented.”

“We all make mistakes, but intelligence enables us to do it on purpose.”

“Judge them by their works. What have they done for mankind beyond the spinning of airy fancies and the mistaking of their own shadows for gods?”

“You have succeeded in life when all you really WANT is only what you really NEED.”

“Getting what you want is just as difficult as not getting what you want. Because then you have to figure out what to do with it instead of figuring out what to do without it.”

“Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.”