A stranger is just a friend I haven't met yet.

Don't let yesterday take up too much of today.

When I die, I want to die like my grandfather who died peacefully in his sleep. Not screaming like all the passengers in his car.

We think we listen, but very rarely do we listen with real understanding, true empathy. Yet listening, of this very special kind, is one of the most potent forces for change that I know.

Growth occurs when individuals confront problems, struggle to master them, and through that struggle develop new aspects of their skills, capacities, views about life.

The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.

As no one else can know how we perceive, we are the best experts on ourselves.

There are three kinds of men. The one that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves.

A person cannot teach another person directly; a person can only facilitate another's learning

We ought to be living as if Jesus died yesterday, rose this morning, and is coming back this afternoon.

The good life is a process, not a state of being. It is a direction not a destination.

The purpose of karma yoga is to transcend the bondage of selfish genes through the service of others.

No matter what happens i choose to value the memories of the good times, grow from the lessons of the bad times because i don't regret a single moment of it, every detail made me who i am.

There is no wine in the world as heady as applause

Murdering the innocent to advance an ideology is wrong every time everywhere

I wanted to be considered a good craftsman. I wanted my dresses to be constructed like buildings, molded to the curves of the female form, stylizing its shape.

It is an awful lot harder, Tony told me, to convince people you're sane than it is to convince them you're crazy.

I think it's really unfortunate that academics have been sidelined in most important policy debates.

The love I knew was from books.

My dreams are worthless, my plans are dust, my goals are impossible. All are of no value unless they are followed by action.

What you put out comes back all the time, no matter what.