Every time somebody has thought of relief for the farmer it has been to make it so he could borrow more money. What he needs is some way to pay back. Not some way to borrow more.

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.

Gratitude opens a clenched fist and a closed heart.

Being brave is not for the light-hearted. Bravery takes fortitude—the very act of bravery prevents anyone from knowing you were ever afraid in the first place.

You are the sweetest thug I've ever known.

The real luxury travel of the modern age is not through space it's through time.

I've had two children. I've had three boyfriends. I've had a lot of things happen that can change your opinions and values and philosophies.

[Graphics] is a strict and simple system of signs, which anyone can learn to use and which leads to better understanding.

There is no pleasure subtler than the sensation of being a good workman; and in work there is the sense of consanguinity-unconscious as a rule but sometimes conscious.

Things go wrong so that you appreciate them when they're right.

Every other religion is a salvation by self, Christianity is a salvation by Christ.

Though I cannot flee from the world of corruption, I can prepare tea with water from a mountain stream and put my heart to rest