Heroes may find that surviving death grants new powers or better perceptions. In the previous chapter we spoke of death's ability to sharpen the perception of life.

When you betray yourself and act out a lie, you weaken your character.

The only humility that is really ours is not that which we try to show before God in prayer, but that which we carry with us, and carry out, in our ordinary conduct; the insignficances of daily life are the importances and the tests of eternity, because they prove what really is the spirit that possesses us.

We don’t create because we feel like we HAVE to. We create because we simply want to, and there’s no other reason.

Working things out involves two steps: articulating the truth as each person experiences it and acting in accord with it. (Frustration results when we articulate without acting.)

If a potential business partner is ignoring you, contact them with a clear and concise “No”-oriented question that suggests that you are ready to walk away. “Have you given up on this project?” works wonders.

Executives must put the needs of the higher team ahead of the needs of their departments.

It is not so True that 'prayer changes things' as that prayer changes me and I change things.

Resilient systems build in fail-safes so that when something breaks down, the next step to recover is obvious. Make your habit a resilient system.

Sooner or later every popular fast-growing industry becomes a slow-growing industry, and numerous analysts and prognosticators are fooled.