Balance

Providing care is every bit as important as providing cash.

Celebrate idleness. Yes, idleness! Our greatest insights and discoveries have come not when we are doubling down staring at a computer screen, but when we sit back, rub our eyes, go for a walk, read a book or give our children a bath. Isaac Newton did not discover gravity in a laboratory. He was sitting under a tree.

Judge work by the quality of what they produce, not the number of hours they put in. Stand up for play — for the leisure that will renew and recharge you. Stand up for love. Stand up for each other.

Stop worrying so much. Stop being scared of the unknown. Anything I worried about didn't happen. Other stuff happened, but not what I worried about.

Whenever you see me somewhere succeeding in one area of my life, that almost certainly means I am failing in another area of my life.

Anyone who tells you they are doing it all perfectly is a liar.

Work is a rubber ball. If you drop it, it will bounce back. But family, health, friends, and spirit are made of glass. If you drop one of these, they will never be the same.

Each moment is a procession from the future into the past and the sweet spot is always the present. Live in that sweet spot. Be present.

Through inner peace, all your profession, all your knowledge, can be constructive. But if all your professional knowledge is motivated by anger, hatred, suspicion — then your knowledge becomes destructive.

If you think that happiness means total peace, you will never be happy. Peace comes from the acceptance of the part of you that can never be at peace. That will always be in conflict. If you accept that, everything gets a lot better.

You have to be confident in your potential, and aware of your inexperience. And that's really tough.

Always look on the bright side of life.