If all politicians fished instead of spoke publicly, we would be at peace with the world.

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.

That's how birthdays were in our house. All hateful charades of pretty clothes, expensive presents, and ugly words . . .

Work hard and don’t manipulate God

Sometimes it’s just a matter of letting go and getting on with life.

There’s no standard career path to becoming a deconstructor of wrongness,

Patience can't be acquired overnight. It is just like building up a muscle. Every day you need to work on it.

Kant can provide, and has provided, a good model for philosophers to think about the relation of metaphysics to science and scientific methodology.

Don't do something just for the money. Money is a side effect of persistence. You persist in things you are interested in. Explore your interests. Then persist. Then enjoy all the side effects.

The old saw says - 'Let a sleeping dog lie.' Experience knows better; experience says, If you want to convince do it yourself.

And the men who hold high places must be the ones who start to mold a new reality closer to the heart.

Your grief for what you've lost lifts a mirror up to where you're bravely working.