I don't think either one of them knows what it's all about, to be honest with you. Both sides are doing nothing but just looking towards the next election.

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.

Joy is immeasurable cheerfulness.

The religious worry about life after death at the expense of life before death.

Ordinary leaders move mounds, good leaders move hills, but great leaders move mountains.

She was like a camera that had been chronically out of focus until someone came by and twisted the lenses into alignment.

Americans spend 3 billion hours per year filling out tax forms and keeping tax records.

I enjoy doing the research of nonfiction; that gives me some pleasure, being a detective again.

Since we are men, we will play the part of Man.

Practice and practice and practice, and you'll make friends all over the world.

Galás is a great artist with a very powerful voice.

Someone who loves a neighbor allows him to be as he is, as he was, and as he will be.