I bet you, if I had met Trotsky, and had had a chat with him, I would have found him a very interesting and human fellow, for I have never yet met a man I didn't like.

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.

It would seem no matter how progressive we get there are always those few who are backwards in their ways.

To those who do not see, we are the enigma of society

In practice, the Internet functions more frequently as a hive of distraction, a simulated world through which most of us flit from one context to the next . . .

Nothing is more real than the masks we make to show each other who we are.

A big part of my job is to remember failure, and reboot failure, when the timing is right.

Women have seen that they have locked themselves up with feminist writing.

I don't really have preferred roles except those with some complexity.

Strange is the night where black stars rise, And strange moons circle through the skies

There’s a window of opportunity with every girl and once that passes it becomes impossible to bang.

Enthusiasm for a cause sometimes warps judgment.