He that is good with a hammer tends to think everything is a nail.

Principles are the simplicity on the far side of complexity.

Two people can see the same thing, disagree, and yet both be right. It's not logical; it's psychological.

To be trusted, it is said, is greater than to be loved. In the long run, I am convinced, to be trusted will be also to be loved.

Trust—or the lack of it—is at the root of success or failure in relationships and in the bottom-line results of business, industry, education, and government.

The fundamental problem has nothing to do with your behavior or your attitude. It has everything to do with having a wrong map.

Our behavior is governed by principles. Living in harmony with them brings positive consequences; violating them brings negative consequences.

And unless we value the differences in our perceptions, unless we value each other and give credence to the possibility that we're both right, that life is not always a dichotomous either/or, that there are almost always third alternatives, we will never be able to transcend the limits of that conditioning.

Make decisions based on our values and not how we felt in the moment.

If there is little or no trust, there is no foundation for permanent success.

Principles are guidelines for human conduct that are proven to have enduring, permanent value. They're fundamental. They're essentially unarguable because they are self-evident.

There must be something changeless that is true! When we are anchored and invulnerable down deep, we can be open and vulnerable on the surface of our lives by flowing with changes, loving unconditionally, and viewing life as a marvelous exciting adventure.