First you must want it. You must want it so much, it hurts. You must want it so much that it hurts and causes you sleepless nights. And when you ever get to sleep, it brings you nightmares. This kind of wanting is called passion. It is an intense desire that burns so much you can hardly stand yourself.

It is not the ultimate achievement that makes you extraordinary; it is what you become on the way to that achievement that people celebrate. This is what fills 295 pages of your 300 page (auto)biography!

The world of success favours only the seekers, not the needers and not even the deservers.

Wherever is a place not yet established on planet Earth. Do not plan to take your ‘what’ there!

Bad luck is what results when bad things happen to you unprepared, or when you neglect to do what you have to do when you are supposed to do it.

Spiritual intelligence is like a vaccination against greed, arrogance and tyranny.

It does not matter how much you want something and how much skill, money or capacity you have to get it – if it does not exist, you will not get it or have it. Thank God, everything and anything you want in this world can be created.

Take care not to stray into the negative swamp of “what ifs?” These will bog you and your goals down. The only “what-if” you can ask yourself is this one: “What if I succeed?

Self-discipline is a continuous war against your whims.