"...if you spend some time with things, and you bring that optimism and hope and some creativity, it’s likely that you can come up with something that makes people’s lives better."

"...one thing I reflect about in my personal and also professional life, is that good things don’t just happen. People have to act as agents to bring justice and goodness into the world.”

“For me, the work is really around leadership as bringing people together in shared meaning-making so that we understand deeply how we are each experiencing the world...”

“…over the past few years I’ve come to realize if I want to live authentically, I have to remind myself of my power to choose.”

“…we all come to this earth with infinite worth… There’s a deep strength and power in being humble.”

“I believe hope is inspired by love; true inspiration happens when you aren’t trying to inspire. That’s why demonstrations, expressions of love are so important, as they will speak for you.”

"...no one tries to take from you what is not valuable. No one takes your pennies, they always take your dollars. The right to vote is American gold."

“I think honor helps to give – not permission – priority to the things that are important in your life..."

“I find it both humbling and inspiring to be reminded that we often cannot tell where pursuing our piece of truth may lead us.”

“In the current paradigm we’re in, fear, scarcity, hierarchy, less-than, more-than-ness is endemic. In the new one, fairness and compassion are endemic.”