Am I living in a way which is deeply satisfying to me, and which truly expresses me?

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.

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

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

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

The only person who cannot be helped is that person who blames others.

People only seriously consider change when they feel accepted for exactly who they are.

What you are to be, you are now becoming.

When I look at the world I'm pessimistic, but when I look at people I am optimistic.

What I am is good enough if I would only be it openly.

I try not to speak to critics. It only encourages them.-Snagglepuss

Really, it had been stupid to expect anything anyway. A few late nights does not a habit, or a relationship, make.

Still there is a calm pure harmony and music inside of me.

We love without reason and without reason we hate.

Consensus doesn't happen by magic... You have to drive to it.

Photography is humbling, it really is, and it really allows for me to atone for some of the missteps I've made throughout the course of my life.

A wisdom deficit - fewer elders and even fewer people who listen to them.

People were always pointing the finger at the fast food industry. And I was a big fan of personal responsibility - you know, no one is forcing you to eat. We're not geese being stuffed with corn.

I am above being injured by fortune, though she steals away much, more will remain with me. The blessing I now enjoy transcend fear.

It's a mistake to think that once you're done with school you need never learn anything new.