Creative people are all there, totally immersed, fascinated and absorbed in the present, in the current situation, in the here-now, with the matter-in-hand.

What a man can be, he must be. This need we call self-actualization.

One can choose to go back toward safety or forward toward growth. Growth must be chosen again and again; fear must be overcome again and again.

If you plan on being anything less than you are capable of being, you will probably be unhappy all the days of your life.

When people appear to be something other than good and decent, it is only because they are reacting to stress, pain, or the deprivation of basic human needs such as security, love, and self-esteem.

You will either step forward into growth or you will step back into safety.

All of life is education and everybody is a teacher and everybody is forever a pupil.

I can feel guilty about the past, Apprehensive about the future,but only in the present can I act.The ability to be in the present moment is a major component of mental wellness.

If you only have a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.

Education is learning to grow, learning what to grow toward, learning what is good and bad, learning what is desirable and undesirable, learning what to choose and what not to choose.

The fact is that people are good, Give people affection and security, and they will give affection and be secure in their feelings and their behavior.

Sunset on the water ought to be a quiet and easy time, but I guess some people can't stand a little silence.

It is the uninformed that willfully put a cellphone next to their brains.

If I spray it on the seat, lady gonna tie a big knot in the meat.

It's the hardest thing to be alone in being satisfied with what one's done.

An ordinary mistake is one that leads to a dead end, while a profound mistake is one that leads to progress. Anyone can make an ordinary mistake, but it takes a genius to make a profound mistake.

Venice, as a city, was a foundling, floating upon the waters like Moses in his basket among the bulrushes.

We must learn to suffer what we cannot evade; our life, like the harmony of the world, is composed of contrary things, and one part is no less necessary than the other.

The female body is a masterpiece. Everyone likes to look at the female body, especially in dynamic, athletic sport.

Better never to have met you in my dream, than to wake and reach for hands that are not there.

Whether it's making a film or raising my children, personally I'm striving to do the right things and to learn.