I'm so misunderstood that people misunderstand me even when I tell them I'm misunderstood.

Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.

There are two ways to be fooled. One is to believe what isn't true; the other is to refuse to believe what is true.

I found I had less and less to say, until finally, I became silent, and began to listen. I discovered in the silence, the voice of God

It is not the path which is the difficulty; rather, it is the difficulty which is the path.

The most painful state of being is remembering the future, particularly the one you'll never have.

A man prayed, and at first he thought that prayer was talking. But he became more and more quiet until in the end he realized prayer is listening.

For without risk there is no faith, and the greater the risk, the greater the faith.

It is not where we breathe, but where we Love, that we live.

Once you label me you negate me.

Face the facts of being what you are, for that is what changes what you are.

What you perceive as rejection is really someone making choices based on their needs at that time

am i insane" asked alice"yes, but all the best people are" replied her father

When people are suspicious with you, you start being suspicious with them.

Your big picture will never be a masterpiece if you ignore the tiny brushstrokes. You're trying so hard to be successful that true success is eluding you.

A remarkably revealing portrait.

To close the eyes, and give a seemly comfort to the apparel of the dead, is poverty's holiest touch of nature.

It’s like trying to herd a flock of geese,” said Orik. “They’re always trying to go off on their own, they make an obnoxious noise, and they’ll bite your hand first chance they get.

I think my greatest moment in business was when the first Southwest airplane arrived after four years of litigation and I walked up to it and I kissed that baby on the lips and I cried.

Girls. You never know what they're going to think.

His head was an hour-glass; it could stow an idea, but it had to do it a grain at a time, not the whole idea at once.