I saw pain as nature’s reminder that there is something important for me to learn. Encountering pains and figuring out the lessons they were trying to give me became sort of a game to me.

The biggest risk: to trust that these conditions are all that I need to be myself,” said Taoist sage Han Hung.

Moments of spiritual transcendence came to me as mesmerizing beauty.

The Law of Value (Chapter 3) Your true worth is determined by how much more you give in value than you take in payment.

The whole historic existence of mankind is nothing else than the gradual transition from the personal, animal conception of life to the social conception of life, and from the social conception of life to the divine conception of life.

Only the disciplined are truly free. The undisciplined are slaves to moods, appetites and passions.

The mind is for having ideas, not holding them.

Don’t ignore the science outlined in this book. It will help you accelerate your transformation to a high- performing technology organization.

Believe it can be done. When you believe something can be done, really believe, your mind will find the ways to do it. Believing a solution paves the way to a solution.

As the person in charge, it’s your responsibility to make sure that different departments don’t have different cultures. In some circumstances, it may be your most important responsibility.