Americans are getting like a Ford car, they all have the same exact parts, the same upholstering and make exactly the same noises.

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.

He was sounding the deeps of his nature, and of the parts of his nature that were deeper than he, going back into the womb of Time.

Life Algebra 101 - I truly value my own ignorance of what is to come for me, It is those unknown variables the shape my future based on my knowns of today and yesterday.

You're not alone Together we stand I'll be by your side, you know I'll take your hand When it gets cold And it feels like the end There's no place to go You know I won't give in

How can the life of such a man be in the palm of some fools hand?

You have to treat it like a fresh character. Sure, there are guidelines so that you don't upset people, but you have to find your own way.

If you want to create something great and do it faster than the competition, you need to be action oriented.

Great nations need organizing principles, and 'Don't do stupid stuff' is not an organizing principle.

Do what's right, first. Don't sit around and wait for someone else to do the right thing first.

Nearly all novels are too long.

As long as you seek for something, you will get the shadow of reality and not reality itself.