Don't wait to buy land, buy land and wait.

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.

You honor yourself by acting with dignity and composure.

Few, I believe, have had much affection for mankind, who did not first love their parents, their brothers, sisters, and even the domestic brutes, whom they first played with.

It's simply impossible for me to filter my thoughts and feelings. I tell it from my point of view. I'm an open book.

When I do think, ‘Man a f—cking motel room with a couple of thousand dollars worth of narcotics would do me right,’ I just look over at my dog and remember that Buster’s never seen me high.

There's not too many rich black people in this world.

That's really eco-friendly of you," Vee told Marcie. "Recycling Nora's old trash.

Sometimes getting upset with yourself is necessary when you face the truth.

If you want to knock down the wall between you and the life of your dreams, it's best to do it one brick at a time!

The more attached we are to a vision of the future, the less present we are to what is actually trying to emerge here and now.

I'm sick of people imposing cultural references and influences on me, but I'm not sick of people talking about my age.