Asking Europe to disarm is like asking a man in Chicago to give up his life insurance.

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.

Telling a male lion not to be a lion wasn't exactly the easiest thing in the world.

Not everything can stand the test of time, but a story can.

What isn't tried won't work.

There's a vast class - the poor, the underprivileged, the people least likely to vote - who are not represented any more.

Wir mussen wissen. Wir werden wissen. We must know. We will know. Inscribed on his tomb in Gilttingen.

As the first of every thing, in our situation will serve to establish a Precedent, it is devoutly wished on my part, that these precedents may be fixed on true principles.

A congressman is a pig. The only way to get his snout from the trough is to rap it sharply with a stick.

I don't lose sleep over failures. I worry about the successes and how they can be replicated.

Do what you love. It’s going to lead to where you want to go.

The hand that rocks the cradle should also rock the boat.