An onion can make people cry but there's never been a vegetable that can make people laugh.

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.

Everyone knows that wizards are pigheaded and come to bad ends.

The dog looked up in entreaty. Liquid brown eyes begged: Take me with you. I’ll be good. Oh, the lies that dogs told.

There are things I can't force. I must adjust. There are times when the greatest change needed is a change of my viewpoint.

I definitely have a rock star lifestyle.

I can act. I've been acting for a long time, but like anything else, don't nobody owe you nothing. You've go to pay your dues. You go from A to Z; you don't go from M to Z.

With the exception of weapons of mass destruction, there is no other type of attack that is more effective than suicide terrorism. The perception is that it's impossible to guard against.

But we need to be very clear: because of our decades of collective denial, no gradual, incremental options are now available to us.

I've spared with demons from the Nine Hells themselves, I shall barely break a sweat here today.

Most people put money in their piggy bank. I buy a goose that lays golden eggs over and over again. That's what an asset is.

It’s pretty simple, the ethical life. It’s just demanding.