Smith, Barry

"Politics is the negotiation between competing visions of the good life."

"War is the failure of imagination to solve what violence cannot resolve."

"Motivation is temporary; discipline is permanent."

"Inspiration is lightning; perspiration is the infrastructure."

"Relationships are laboratories where we discover who we actually are."

"Solitude is not loneliness; it is conversation with yourself."

"The most profound learning happens when comfort is abandoned."

"Life is what happens while we're busy defending our expectations."

"Truth is not relative; our understanding of it certainly is."

"Creativity requires permission from ourselves, not from others."

"Strength lies in knowing which battles deserve your energy."

"Love asks us to see others as they wish to be seen, not as we assume them to be."

"Change is the only honest response to a living world."

"Happiness is correlation, not causation; seek meaning instead."

"Wisdom knows the difference between what is important and what is urgent."

"Success that comes at the cost of integrity is bankruptcy disguised."

"Friends are those who know your worst and love you anyway."

"Family is where you are loved despite, sometimes because of, your flaws."

"Hope is the belief that the future contains possibilities we cannot yet imagine."

"Courage is not heroism; it is showing up when showing up requires something from you."

"Knowledge is information that has been integrated into understanding."

"Time spent with someone you love is the highest form of wealth."

"Freedom without conscience is anarchy; conscience without freedom is slavery."

"Peace is internal before it can be external."

"Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished."

"Art is the bridge between the personal and the universal."

"Science is organized curiosity made rigorous."

"Music is mathematics expressing emotion."

"Faith is not believing in spite of evidence; it is trusting despite uncertainty."

"Leadership is the practice of serving those you're meant to guide."