I don't know how a lot of these nations existed as long as they have till we could get some of our people around and show 'em how to be good and pure like us.

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.

For the powerful, crimes are those that others commit.

We know nothing of what will happen in future, but by the analogy of experience.

I think in places like Pennsylvania, there's folks who want our next president to talk like a hawk, but fly like a dove.

Politics is based on social identity, and so, again, there is going to be differences between rural and urban and between left and right.

Begin with an individual, and before you know it you find that you have created a type; begin with a type, and you find that you have created - nothing.

Every single great idea that has marked the 21st century, the 20th century and the 19th century has required government vision and government incentive.

Some are nice and some aren't. Some are smart, and others are about as bright as a wet match in a dark cave. In other words, pretty normal.

It all comes down to who does the dishes.

I ached for the difference between Carlisle and me - that he could touch her so gently, without fear, knowing he would never harm her.