If you view everything through the lens of fear, then you tend to stay in retreat mode. You can just as easily see a crises or problem as a challenge….

Everybody in life is struggling for power, and some people use morality and righteousness as a weapon, while others use different means, even passive….

I find the training of the mind that Zen puts people through is by far to me, the most interesting, one of the most interesting disciplines..

I don't know that Brandy [Burre] would ever categorize herself as being trapped, but I felt like I saw her being trapped. When she's cleaning the roo….

Early on in life I knew that I was a writer, that I just wanted to write, I love books, I love literature and after graduating college, I kind of wan….

Remember: The best deceivers do everything they can to cloak their roguish qualities. They cultivate an air of honesty in one area to disguise their ….

The problem with human beings is that they can't sit alone in a room for more than an hour..

Appearing better than others is always dangerous, but most dangerous of all is to appear to have no faults or weaknesses. It is smart to occasionally….

Ah! what is love! It is a pretty thing, As sweet unto a shepherd as a king, And sweeter too; For kings have cares that wait upon a crown, And cares c….

The music business is just the worst as far as Machiavellian, sharky, evil games going on, as far as manipulation..

Mastery is not a question of genetics of luck, but of following your natural inclinations and the deep desires that stirs you from within..

No moment is wasted if you pay attention and learn the lessons contained in every experience..

Animals behave in set patterns, which is why we are able to hunt and kill them. Only man has the capacity to consciously alter his behavior, to impro….

Jay-Z is more naturally gifted. He didn't depend as much as 50 did on his personal story. Jay-Z has a great story, he came from a pretty rough backgr….

There is nothing more intoxicating than victory, and nothing more dangerous..

You're not going to be persistent and tenacious enough if you don't love what you're doing. If it's not something that excites you, that appeals to y….

When it comes to mastering a skill, time is the magic ingredient..

Few are born bold. Even Napoleon had to cultivate the habit on the battlefield, where he knew it was a matter of life and death. In social settings h….

I make non-fiction partly because I'm not that good of a writer. My talent, if I have any, is in balancing, capturing and directing reality, rather t….

I just think there's something in the non-fiction form that allows you to see things clearly, if you're patient..

In the past, Being able to follow what you're naturally "should" be good at was limited to a very few people in a country like the United States, It ….