The attacks of 9/11 were the biggest surprise in American history, and for the past ten years we haven’t stopped being surprised. The war on terror has had no discernible trajectory, and, unlike other military...

Our reactions to events is directly promotional to their importance in our life.

It’s never overreacting to ask for what you want and need.

It’s hard to know what to say sometimes, when someone does something so nice. It’s hard to know where to look.

In ‘Diary,’ the motto really is: ‘Where Do You Get Your Inspiration?’ It coaches us to be aware of our motives and not just be a reaction to the circumstances around us.

Much of the work of midlife is to tell the difference between those who are dealing with their issues through you and those who are really dealing with you.

A leaders gentle reaction and sound instruction are their greatest weapons.

You want leaders driven by mission – not by adrenaline. No one wants to work with people who need to be heroes more than they need to be catalysts.

Forgiveness is a choice. You control how you respond to something or someone. You can’t change things that happened in the past, but you can decide how you let them affect you.

You’re only responsible for being honest, not for someone else’s reaction to your honesty.

The author indicts “our culture’s rush toward efficiency, speed, quantification, and distraction” and counters with the value of “the time and attention required to find the best words and images and then hold them together...

Every reaction is an opportunity to cultivate a pearl – a beautiful truth that will illuminate the way forwards.

When something comes up that attacks people’s beliefs, their first reaction tends to be fear.

We all know the Indians were colonized by the Europeans, but every colonized Indian has been colonized by the Indian reaction to colonization.

The Natural Law of Cause and Effect. (KARMA) For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. Our world will be a much better place to live, if such natural law of cause and...

… for when a man’s spirit has been thoroughly crushed, he may be peevish at small offenses, but never resentful of great ones.

Wishes and wants do not transform a person; actions and reactions do so! Show the world your plans by the actions you take progressively and consistently.

… And when the time comes to choose yet another dream, I shall smile knowing that I had a life with no less challenges than others, but I chose to respond to them with love.

We cannot control other people and their actions but we can control how we act and react to them.

What does one do with experience? Do we react negatively, or do we (pro)create from the space of positivity?