“Somehow great leaders reach deep down in their souls and find the power within them to overcome despair. We must too...if we want to accomplish great things in our lives!”

“To accomplish great things we must first dream, then visualize, then plan...believe...act!”

“The dizziness in the face of les espaces infinis--only overcome if we dare to gaze into them without any protection. And accept them as the reality before which we must justify our existence. For this is the truth we must reach to live, that everything is and we just in it.”

“To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.”

“Suffering builds character and impels you to penetrate life’s secrets. It’s the path of great artists, great religious leaders, great social reformers. The problem is not suffering per se, but rather our identification with our own ego: our divided, dualistic, cramped view of things. ‘We are too ego-centered,’ Suzuki tells Cage.’ The ego-shell in which we live is the hardest thing to outgrow. We seem to carry it all the time from childhood up to the time we finally pass away.”

“Determination. To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream. Not only plan, but also believe.”