Fanatical religion driven to a certain point is almost as bad as none at all, but not quite.

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.

The happiness of mankind, if it ever should come to pass, would still leave men asking: Why? What point to it? To what end?

We must always change renew rejuvenate ourselves otherwise we harden.

We’re not dead yet, so don’t talk to us like we’re about to be.

Dreams do come true. If anyone's proof of that, it's me.

We find by losing. We hold fast by letting go. We become something new by ceasing to be something old.

For all things difficult to acquire, the intelligent man works with perseverance.

I was either going onstage or going into an interview or getting on a plane. You can't really feel everything fully when you don't have the time to process.

Humility is the ultimate standard of greatness in the Kingdom of God.

How do you achieve excellence?...Stop doing non-excellent stuff!

Say not that thou hast royal blood in thy veins; say not that thou art born of God if thou canst not prove thy pedigree by daring to be holy!