It's almost worth the Great Depression to learn how little our big men know.

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.

Probably... or maybe... one day!

Americans want relief from uncontrolled immigration, which is what we have now.

All the real things in Russia are done in the villages.

Real spirituality and love is always manifest. It always goes to those who are with us and around us.

Fading light means more than just the end of another day. Night is when terrible things emerge from their sleep and seek soft flesh and hot blood.

I was kidnapped by literature at a young age and never wanted to be ransomed.

Psychologically speaking, the rational, healthy response to climate change is to say to oneself, "What can I do about this?" But that question is often answered through individual action.

If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice.

Let's just start and see what happens.

Even on education, his one accomplishment, the Leave No Child Behind Act, and he has left it unfunded.