A closed mouth gathers no feet.

I have never met an author who was sorry he or she wrote a book. They are only sorry they did not write it sooner.

Bullies are masters at holding others responsible for their misbehavior. Instead of claiming "the devil made me do it", they argue "You made me do it".

Mistakes are the doorway to discovery.

Occasional kindness does not cancel out cruelty. Hitting is never acceptable under any circumstances.

Mistakes are doorways to discovery.

Anyone who consistently makes you feel bad is not helping you get better.

If they can't repeat it, they didn't get it.

People don't want information; they want epiphanies.

It's hard to stay on purpose if we don't know what our purpose is.

One sign of an excellent speech? 'Can people repeat something they heard, word for word?'

Around, around the sun we go:The moon goes round the earth.We do not die of death:We die of vertigo.

Every story of conversion is a story of blessed defeat.

This was exhausting. If she was going to make this kind of emotional investment in someone, he should at least be a proper boyfriend. But for a casual fling? She could drive herself crazy.

If you want to grow old as a pilot, you've got to know when to push it, and when to back off.

If people in America would get their finances together and start taking care of each other, we could put the government out of business.

I've just been reading about cycling. Yeah, I'm not that great at it but I like the challenge of it.

A mitzvah that costs money is worth more than one that costs nothing.

My accountant tells me I can't be a California resident anymore. I spend too much of my time in New York.

Ask 'why' five times about every matter.