“We overlook just how large a role we all play--and by 'we' I mean society--in determining who makes it and who doesn't.”

“Do you see the consequences of the way we have chosen to think about success? Because we so profoundly personalize success, we miss opportunities to lift others onto the top rung...We are too much in awe of those who succeed and far too dismissive of those who fail. And most of all, we become much too passive. We overlook just how large a role we all play—and by “we” I mean society—in determining who makes it and who doesn’t.”

“We all posses different gifts and abilities. How we use those gifts determines who we are.”

“We all need people, Theo. It doesn't matter how we find the people who matter to us; it just matters that we hold on to them”

“I have come to understand that life is composed of a series of coincidences. How we react to these - how we exercise what some refer to as free will - is everything; the choices we make within the boundaries of the twists of fate determine who we are.”

“The choices we make within the boundaries of the twists of fate determines who we are”