“The stars were better company anyway. They were very beautiful, and they almost never snored.”

“Why do some trees stay green while others change their color?Certain trees need to show off, dear. Im sure that my big brother could explain why it happens. Dahlaine loves to explain things, and he...”

“Its different," Sorgans younger cousin Torl declared, gesturing at the glorious sunset late that afternoon. "Its pretty enough, I suppose, but its not too much like the sunsets out at sea. Mountain...”

“It keeps him happy, Dahlaine, and happy people are nicer than gloomy ones. Haven't you noticed that before?”

“I thought the trees down in Lady Zelanas country were about as big as a tree could get, he said, but the ones around here are so tall that they probably tickle the moons tummy when she goes by.”

“He can come up with the most exotic things Ive ever seen or heard of every time he blinks his eyes.”

“Is there magic in this world? Certainly! But it is not the kind of magic written about in fantasy stories. It is the kind of magic that comes from ideas and the hard work it often takes to make the...”

“We become what we behold. We shape our tools, and thereafter our tools shape us.”

“A culture of unaccountability is a culture without incentive, and a culture without incentive is the death of critical and creative thinking.”

“Thought leadership is first and foremost life leadership.”

“More powerful than the mighty armies is an idea whose time has come.”

“In what you say of another, apply the test of kindness, necessity and truth, and let nothing pass your lips without a 2/3 majority.”

“If you want something new, you have to stop doing something old”

“I can't understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I'm frightened of the old ones.”

“Each voice carries a portion of value, no matter how unpalatable or distasteful that voice may be: no one person, government, ideology, transnational, or religious institution can own and dominate ...”